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Auction: 21012 - Stamps & Covers of Great Britain, including the Windsor Collection - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 2399

(x) Great Britain
1862-64 1/- green, abnormal Plate 3: BC imperforate, watermark inverted, good to large margins, part to large part original gum. A fine example of this popular stamp. S.G. 91a, £7,250. Photo

This plate was not put to press and these stamps are from extra sheets which were run off at the same time as the imprimatur sheet. Two sheets of imperforate are recorded, one with inverted watermark. Of the 120 stamps released only 42 have been recorded.

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Sold for
£1,800

Starting price
£1200