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Auction: 163 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1424

1866 ½r Claret, postal forgery, type I, an incredible block of nine with very large balanced margins all round, in a brownish shade which is characteristic of this forgery, with original gum, some creasing and thin spots at top, which are irrelevant for this, the only recorded unused multiple of this first type postal forgery, which is extremely rare in unused condition; 2011 Moorhouse certificate;

Estimate
$1,500 to $2,000