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Auction: 22023 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 492

(x) Great Britain
1881
1d. Lilac
A mint and used group of Officials on pages including Inland Revenue with overprinted "specimen", Control B, used (2) on piece in combination with Government Parcels 1d. and 2d. (2) and used on an O.H.M.S. envelope to Canterbury, Army with a mint pair, variety 'officiai'for 'official' both mint and used, Controls 'V' and 'X' and a block of nine from the left of the sheet one stamp showing short'y', Government Parcels with a mint block of four, used including a strip of four and an example with variety no dot under 't' and Office of Works including a single and a strip of three overprinted "specimen", used on O.H.M.S. envelope to Warrington and used with 'hm/ow' perforations from the Office of Works (with R.P.S. Cert.); a good to fine group

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Sold for
£800

Starting price
£320