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Auction: 8021 - British Empire Stamps and Covers
Lot: 1571

x Victoria 1850-59 Half-Lengths Printed by Messers. Campbell & Fergusson 1d. Eighth Printing - Stone 3 - S.G. 27, 27a, 27b 1d. dull rose-red block of four [20-21/2-3] with four close margins, each cancelled by slightly heavy Barred Oval "55" of Spring Creek, the lower pair with pressed horizontal crease along top. Blocks of four are the largest multiple known and four are recorded. RPSV Certificate (2007). S.G. 27a. Photo Estimate £ 500-600 Note: The close spacing between the vertical units indicate that this is an "abnormal" multiple from the foot of the sheet.

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