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Auction: 9011 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 451

x New South Wales 1850 (Jan.) Sydney Views, Plate II, 2d. Prussian blue worn impression, a top left corner vertical pair [1/13] with [1] showing fan as in Plate III, but shading outside and [13] with "crevit" omitted, also showing a retouch stroke extending upwards from the lower stamp just touching lower left corner of the upper stamp, large to huge margins, both neatly cancelled "88" at Port Macquarie. An outstanding and exceedingly rare pair. S.G. 26a/28g. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 provenance: E.R. Slade Slade, April 1979

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