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Auction: 4019 - British West Indies
Lot: 3299

ST. LUCIA 1860 Watermark Small Star, Perf. 14 to 16 Cancelled 1d. rose-red, neatly handstamped with a large part strike of the "cancelled" obliterator from position 5 in the block of six, very fine. S.G. 1, £4500. Photo Estimate £ 3,500-4,000 Note: In August 1861 the printers, Perkins, Bacon and Co., provided six examples of each stamp in their possession to Ormond Hill (eldest son of Sir Rowland Hill) for members of his family. These fascinating stamps, and the story behind their appearance, have been fully described in "Cancelled by Perkins Bacon" by Peter Jaffé. provenance: J.L. Messenger, December 1982 Dr. Conrad Latto, October 1992 Harmers auction December 1996

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