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Auction: 24021 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - e-Auction
Lot: 3176

Ceylon
1872-80 Watermark Crown CC Issue
Essays
2r.50 handpainted essay on card (92x74mm.) in maroon and Chinese white, marked "Approved", initialled and dated "4. Oct.", and additionally marked "It is suggested that this stamp should be printed in bright maroon"; slightly soiled, otherwise fine and attractive. Rare.

provenance:
Harmers Sale, June 1984
Spink, July 2006

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Sold for
£1,700