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Auction: 21015 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XV
Lot: 31

Bermuda
A True World Rarity. The Unique Unused Example.
1861 Postmaster's Stamp, W.B. Perot
(1d.) carmine-red on bluish horizontally laid paper, a crisp rich red strike, cut square and not obliterated, the faintest trace of a wrinkle mentioned strictly for accuracy; The unique unused example and of the highest exhibition quality. A true world rarity. B.P.A. (1984 and 1991) and R.P.S. (1991) Certificates. S.G. O6, £150,000

literature:
"Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps" Volumes 1 and 2
by L.N. Williams

provenance:
D. Melat, November 1985
Harmer's of London, May 1989
Bridger & Kay (Guernsey) Ltd., October 1991
Important Stamps and Covers of the World, Spink, June 2006
David Feldman, December 2015

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Sold for
£85,000

Starting price
£50000