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Auction: 26013 - The "Mulberry" Collection of British Empire and Commonwealth Stamps
Lot: 288

Long Island
1916 (7 May) Typewritten
1916 thin horizontally laid paper, 1d. black complete sheet of twenty (4x5) with full margins (the wide bottom margin folded back) showing plate number ‘10' at upper left and complete "Silver Linen" papermaker's watermark, [3] with error "Rvevue" for "Revenue", unused and in superb condition with only trivial wrinkles and a light crease at the extreme foot of the third row. A spectacular and wonderful exhibition item, being the only complete sheet of this stamp in private hands (another from the same plate is in the NPM) and including the only available example of the ‘Rvevue’ error. S.G. 10/b £13,050+. Photo

provenance:
"Mountrobeck", Christie's Robson Lowe, June 1994, Lot 50
Baldwin's auction, April 2025, Lot 780

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Estimate
£7,000 to £9,000

Starting price
£5000