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Auction: 16034 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2996

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate Ib
PE-QL block of four with part of sheet margin at right and good to large margins other sides, large part original gum, horizontal and vertical creases in the margins between the stamps and QL with diagonal crease; some tiny stains and soiling. A rare block. Specialised AS5, £140,000. Photo

provenance:
W.J.B Innes, July 1948

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Sold for
£27,000