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Auction: 9016 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 11

Cape of Good Hope 1855-63 White Paper 6d. slate-lilac on blued paper, a pair with 3mm. sheet margin on one side showing marginal line watermark, and well-balanced margins elsewhere, beautiful rich colour and impression on fresh white paper, regummed. A superb pair and by far the finest of the few multiples of this stamp recorded. Outstanding. B.P.A. Certificate (2009). S.G. 7c. Photo Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 provenance: Dale Lichtenstein, 1989 Ad Indhusophon, 1999 William H. Gross, 2008

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