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Auction: 25029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 2377

(x) Great Britain
1867-83
Watermark Maltese Cross
10/- greenish-grey, DE, large part original gum, fresh colour and exceptionally well centred. A marvellous example and must be considered a most important world rarity as such. One of the finest recorded examples known to exist. B.P.A. Certificate (1984). Spec. J124, S.G. 128, £40,000

provenance:
Stanley Gibbons list, January 2004, lot 110 offered as "one of the finest we have ever handled"
'Fordwater', Spink, 27 November 2012, lot 173 where it was illustrated on the front cover.
The Shields Collection

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£16,000 to £18,000

Starting price
£15000