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Auction: 24029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 5397

Great Britain
1841-53 One Penny Red-Brown
Plate 16: QB-QC horizontal pair in an orange shade, good to very large margins, cancelled by two fine strikes of orange-red Maltese Cross. A magnificent and highly desirable pair which is believed to be the finest of only three pairs recorded (damaged strips of three and four and also recorded). B.P.A. Certificate (1988). S.G. BS5sb. Photo

provenance:
Joseph Silkin, June 1971

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Sold for
£4,200

Starting price
£2800