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Auction: 21015 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XV
Lot: 81

(x) Ceylon
1886 (23 Nov.) front registered to London, endorsed "Stamped & Registered", bearing 1882 20c. on 64c. red-brown 'L' shaped block of five, the upper pair in the block showing variety surcharge double, all tied by barred 'A' oval cancels, showing "r" in oval, "colombo/registered" and London registered datestamps; front with reinforcements to filing folds that have weakened, nevertheless a very rare usage of this variety. R.P.S. Certificate (1972). S.G. 143, 143a, £1,800 single off cover

provenance:
De Worms, Harmer's London, 1938

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Sold for
£1,600

Starting price
£650