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Auction: 7028 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 1190

Bermuda 1920-21 Tercentenary of Representative Institutions, 1st. Issue Imperforate Plate Proofs 1/4d. to 1/- set of nine in pairs or single (2d.) on gummed watermarked paper; two with tiny imperfections, otherwise fine and a very rare set of which only six were produced. Highly attractive. Photo Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 Note: The fact that this set only contains a single 2d. value is accounted for by the fact that one example of the 2d. value was damaged, when acquired by the dealer H.F. Johnson, and that he destroyed it in c. 1935 provenance: Morris Ludington, June 1999

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