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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 508

Stamp Boxes and Related Items English Silver Boxes 1892 London, sloped front two compartment box by Sampson Mordan & Co., the hinged lid superbly enamelled with an 1881 1d. lilac and 1887 21/2d. purple on blue; very fine and rare. This box being the one illustrated on the front cover of "Les Boites a Timbres" (Stamp Boxes) by Brian Beet. Photo Estimate £ 2,500-3,000provenance: The Paris Collection, 2002

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