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Auction: 5021 - France, Featuring the Château Ramezay Collection, Europe & O/seas & B. Empire
Lot: 4022

x St. Helena 1868 CC, perf 121/2 4d. carmine (Type B), variety surcharge double [184], with numeral "2" cancellation; faults including tears at top. Very scarce. S.G. 14a, £5000. Photo Estimate £ 250-300Note: The setting was one of five horizontal rows of twelve. The third application of the forme was too low, possibly by as many as two rows, giving double overprints on row 16 and row 17. provenance: "Justine", September 1992

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