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Auction: 26024 - The 'Mulberry' Collection of Great Britain King Edward VII Issues
Lot: 2104

Great Britain
King Edward VII
1902-10 De La Rue
Two Pence
The 1910 Unappropriated Die for the New Two Pence Design and Tyrian Plum
The Famous Prepared for Issue, but Never Released, Tyrian Plum, large part original gum, fine and a great world rarity, there being only twelve recorded in private hands. R.P.S. Certificate (2001), as submitted by the Keeper of the Privy Purse S.G. 266a, £90,000

provenance:
The Royal Philatelic Collection, Spink, 17 May 2001, Lot 92

Notes: After the death of the King on the 6th May 1910 it was decided not to proceed with the issue. Practically the whole stock of 100,000 sheets were destroyed, leaving only a few behind.

Exhibited at The Stamp Show 2000 as part of a display given by The Royal Philatelic Collection, by gracious permission of Her Late Majesty The Queen.

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Estimate
£30,000 to £40,000

Starting price
£24000