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Auction: 8030 - Important Great Britain, British Empire & Foreign Stamps & Covers, including items from the Royal Philatelic Collection
Lot: 116

x Victoria 1861 6d. Adapted Design composite essay comprising a black proof in the 1860 design with country name and value cut away, affixed to stamp-size piece of card, with country name and value in pen, then affixed to another piece of card marked "B"; some minor affixative staining Estimate £ 2,500-3,000 Note: This essay is illustrated in colour on Plate 9 in "The Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow. provenance: J.R.W. Purves, November 1980

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