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Auction: 24019 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1698

Great Britain
Officials
Inland Revenue
On 1884-88 Issues
£1 brown-lilac, IB, unmounted mint, of exceptional freshness and colour, especially so for such an important stamp; a superlative example of exceptional rarity. Diena Certificate (1963), Buhler Certificate (1979), R.P.S. Certificate (1980), Karl Louis Provenance (copy of) Certificate (2019). S.G. O12, £85,000. Photo.

provenance:
Loth Auction, 28 November - 1 December 1979, lot 1438, described as "postfrisches Luzusstuck"
Sotheby's, 21st November, 1991
Baillie, 29 September - October , 2004, described as "rich colour, well centred, light wrinkles, full original gum. One of the rarest stamps of Great Britain."

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Sold for
£22,000

Starting price
£20000