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Auction: 26023 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of British Empire Part XXVII
Lot: 1034

(x) Cape of Good Hope
1855-63
4d. blue on white paper, an unused block of twelve, lovely rich colour with large margins all round, showing sheet marginal watermark at left, some toning on the reverse of five stamps but not affecting the superb appearance of this rare large multiple, large part original gum. S.G. 6a, £13,200+

provenance:
H. E. Levitt
Sir Maxwell Joseph, October 1982
'Bonaventure', September 1993
'Besancon', June 2019


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

Estimate
£5,000 to £7,000