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Auction: 26023 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of British Empire Part XXVII
Lot: 1149

(x) Mauritius
1859 Lapirot Issue
Intermediate Impression
2d. blue, [6], showing variety doubly printed, the doubling particularly pronounced at top, large even margins and cancelled by barred oval; some pressed creasing and a small tear at left, very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2017). S.G. 38a, £20,000

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Estimate
£3,500 to £4,500