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Auction: 23023 - The Lionheart Collection of Great Britain and British Empire Part XVII
Lot: 1200

(x) Mauritius
1859 Sherwin Issue
2d. deep blue, vertical pair with clear to large margins [2/5], used and showing clear crisp oval bar cancellations; fine impression with deep rich colour; extremely fine and of the finest multiples in existence. S.G. 40, £16,000

provenance:
Ferrary, April 1922
Maurice Burrus, October 1963
Hiroyuki Kanai, November 1993
"Tatiana", David Feldman, June 2020

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£5,500

Starting price
£5200