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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2470

(x) Great Britain
1854-57
Watermark Large Crown, Perf. 14, Blued Paper
1d. Plate 2: QH-RK, red-brown shade, block of eight (4x2), small part original gum, centred to lower left, a few split perfs. and minor gum creases; fresh colour and fine. A rare block. Karl-Albert Louis Certificate (2002) stating "....the largest recorded multiple from plate 2 recorded by me to date". S.G. 29, £8,500 as two blocks of four. Photo

provenance:
Basil Stranach, March 1955

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000