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Auction: 166 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 563

S.G. #8, 1848 2p Blue on greyish blue, Early Impression, a magnificent quality used example, boasting a delightful intense marine color within four large and balanced margins all around, displaying a remarkably detailed impression characteristic of this printing, lightly and neatly cancelled by bars type leaving the profile quite clear, a very fine and most desirable example of this appealing value; 1972 R.P.S. certificate; S.G. £9,000; Scott #6, $8,500;

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$10,000