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Auction: 22018 - The Klempka Family Collection of Great Britain - Part One
Lot: 434

Great Britain
King George V
Seahorses
1913 Waterlow Bros. & Layton
Proofs: 2/6d. sepia, imperforate block of eight (4x2) from the top of the sheet on thin ungummed paper showing part of the "jas wrigley ld-219" watermark at top and inscribed in the margin "The line engraved stamps of H.M. George V (1913) Proof print from the first Plate engraved by Messrs. Waterlow Brothers & Layton for the British High Values Postage Stamps" and initialled by J. Seymore Bennett (Head of the stamping department at Somerset House); central vertical crease, fine. A unique and most important piece. Photo

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Sold for
£6,400

Starting price
£7000