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Auction: 5023 - Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles & B.E.
Lot: 14

xGREAT BRITAIN 1840 One Penny Black Plate V NG-NL strip of six with sheet margin at right showing "Back be careful to" part inscription, unused with large part original gum; some slight gum creases but otherwise superb and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1992). Spec. AS25, £45,000+ Estimate £ 25,000-30,000 provenance: J.B. Seymour, April 1952 M. Burrus, October 1963

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