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Auction: 8021 - British Empire Stamps and Covers
Lot: 1548

x Victoria 1850-59 Half-Lengths 2d. Third Printing - S.G. 6, 6a 2d. dull grey horizontal strip of three [12-13-14] with mainly good to large margins, each cancelled by rare Butterfly "10" of Alberton (RRR); horizontal crease towards foot and vertical crease between [13] and [14], the latter also with thin. A rare multiple. S.G. 6a. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-1,800 Note: Strips of three are the second largest multiple in this shade, behind the pen-cancelled strip of five (ex Pack, Boker and Perry); two are recorded with this being the finer. provenance: Dr. R.N. Wawn, May 1952 J.R.W. Purves

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