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Auction: 25017 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 5772

(x) Great Britain
Officials
Government Parcels
1883 3d. on 3d. lilac, Plate 21, FH, with two line "government/parcels" essay overprint, Type A in red, large part original gum with heavy mount and light bend, slightly clipped perfs at foot though these trivial imperfections of little importance given the rarity of this essay, there being only six examples recorded. See page 281 in S.G. Queen Victoria Specialised Volume I, 16th Ed., cat. £11,000 Photo

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Sold for
£2,700

Starting price
£840