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Auction: 166 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 562

S.G. #3, 1848 1p Orange vermilion, Earliest Impression, position 6, gorgeous vibrant color, margins ranging from wide to enormous, attractively cancelled with centered , quite clean target type, faint thin spot and tiny corner crease, the latter just touching the frame line of the design in lower left angle, barely detracting from the very good appearance of this remarkable rarity; 1995 Brandon certificate, sold in 1969 with a R.P.S. certificate which is not accompanying this example at present; S.G. £18,000; Scott #3, $18,000;

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