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Auction: 6002 - St Vincent - The Peter Jaffé Exhibition Collection
Lot: 118

x ST. VINCENT The "cancelled" Obliterator In August 1861 the printers, Perkins, Bacon & Co., provided six examples of each stamp in their possession to Ormond Hill (the eldest son of Rowland Hill) for members of his family. These fascinating stamps and the story behind their appearance, have been fully described by Peter Jaffé in his book "cancelled" by Perkins Bacon 1861 (May) no wmk., 6d. deep green, imperforate, neatly cancelled by large part "cancelled" obliterator; design touched at top otherwise fine. Extremely rare, only three examples recorded. Cat. £7500. Photo Estimate £ 4,000-5,000Note: This stamp is from position 5 in the vertical block of six provenance: William Glossop, November 1955 H.D. Bessemer, June 1970

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