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Auction: 21011 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XIV - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 74

(x) Ceylon
1863-66 perf. 11½, 12, CC (23mm. high) 1d. deep blue, unused without gum, a very fresh and fine example of this incredibly rare and difficult stamp of which only three unused examples are recorded in private hands. R.P.S. Certificate (2013). S.G. 45, £3,500

provenance:
A. C. Edwards, Spink. October 2016

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Sold for
£1,500

Starting price
£800