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Auction: 26024 - The 'Mulberry' Collection of Great Britain King Edward VII Issues
Lot: 2180

Great Britain
King Edward VII
1902-10 De La Rue
Two Shillings and Sixpence
Ordinary Paper: Lilac block of four, watermark inverted with sheet margin at left; folded horizontally along central perfs and vertically in the margin, three stamps unmounted mint, very fine and a block of great rarity. S.G. 260wi, £28,500, Spec. M48(1)b, £27,000 as singles, though it is worth noting that the Specialised applies a c.five-times multiplier on blocks of four

provenance:
Stamps and Covers of Great Britain 1840 to 1951, Sotheby's, 21 Nov. 1991, Lot 156
Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, 29 Sept. - 1 Oct. 2004, Lot 782

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Estimate
£2,000 to £3,000

Starting price
£1400