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Auction: 25027 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 2208

(x) Great Britain
Line Engraved Proofs and Essays
"Rainbow" Trials
State 3: Complete sheet of twelve (4x3) in pale red-brown on thin white wove, unwatermarked paper which has been brushed with Prussiate of Potash, large sheet margin at left with had vertical fold well clear of the impressions; fine and rare. Spec. SP20c(a)

Notes: Rowse lists this sheet in the run of at least twenty-nine different reds and illustrates on page 47

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Estimate
£6,000 to £8,000

Starting price
£4800