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Auction: 26023 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of British Empire Part XXVII
Lot: 1042

(x) Cape of Good Hope
1861 Woodblocks
4d. deep bright blue, Type II, [3/15] with enormous margins, lightly cancelled in black; faint corner crease in margin only and faint vertical bend; a very handsome example of this extremely rare stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (1982). S.G. 14c, £5,500

provenance:
Sir Maxwell Joseph, October 1982
"Besancon", November 2018

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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000