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Auction: 8041 - Trinidad & Tobago
Lot: 2035

TRINIDAD 1859 (Sept.) Britannia Issue, Compound Pin-perf. 13 1/2-14x12 1/2 (1d.) carmine-lake with complete perforations on two sides, partially overlapped by 1860 (Mar.) Litho, fifth issue (1d.) bluish grey strip of four, [6-9], affixed inverted, all cancelled "1" and tied on 1860 (7 Apr.) entire to Baltimore, showing red crayon "4", legible Crowned Circle "paid/at/trinidad" and "steamship/10" h.s., the reverse with despatch and St. Thomas (13.4) c.d.s.; two filing creases, one of which crosses the strip. A magnificent and unique franking of the utmost importance. B.P.A. Certificate (1968). S.G. 45, 19. Photo Estimate £ 20,000-25,000 provenance: Consul Weinberger Robson Lowe auction, 6.2.1968 Sir John Marriott, 2001

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£17,000