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Auction: 7028 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 1116

Bermuda 1880 Watermark Crown CC Essays 1/2d. unissued design handpainted in purple-brown with lettering etc. highlighted in Chinese white, executed on tracing paper (68x94mm.) with a De La Rue dummy stamp, in the colour to be achieved, mounted below, dated "1 oct 79" and marked "Vol 4. folio 129". Photo Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 provenance: Sir Henry Tucker, October 1978

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