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Auction: 9015 - The "Blue Eyes" Collection of Fine and Rare Stamp Boxes
Lot: 409

Stamp Boxes and Related Items Metal Boxes 1854 coil dispenser, cylindrical design with domed cover embossed with the Royal Coat of Arms and "warton´s rotary stamp box registered oct. 21. 1854", the front with applied 1854 1d. stamp in brass covering the dispensing slot; a very early stamp box and possibly an experimental type produced to commemorate the first perforated penny stamps. Fine and extremely rare and the only known example to date Estimate £ 1,800-2,000 provenance; The "Paris" collection, December 2002 Spink Auction, June 2007

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