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Auction: 6002 - St Vincent - The Peter Jaffé Exhibition Collection
Lot: 397

x ST. VINCENT 1881 (Nov.) "4d" on 1/- bright vermilion First Trial In the first hand-setting the figures and bars were spaced 3mm. apart, but this resulted in poor printing of the bars. It is suggested that a block of 12 (at least) was printed from this setting A single, unused with traces of gum, fairly well-centred, fine. S.G. 35, £1500. Photo Estimate £ 500-600Note: Ten examples of the 3mm. setting are recorded; three are used provenance L.J. Gilbert-Lodge, May 1962

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