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Auction: 21015 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XV
Lot: 203

(x) Mauritius
1859 Sherwin Issue
2d. deep blue, [11], unused without gum, good to large margins and crisp impression, though extensively repaired; rejoined vertically at right along most of the left edge of 'mauritius', central thin filled, nevertheless exceedingly rare unused with only six recorded. Holcombe Opinion (1982). S.G. 40, £225,000

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Sold for
£5,200

Starting price
£4800