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Auction: 9016 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 18

Cape of Good Hope 1861 (Feb.-Apr.) "Woodblock" Issue 4d. deep bright blue, a pair with large to enormous margins nearly all round, one stamp touched on part of one side, good strong colour and impression, tied by a single strike of the triangular cancellation to large piece (some creases clear of the pair) which shows small part of Alice oval d.s. on reverse; a choice pair including one absolutely superb stamp. S.G. 14c Estimate £ 6,000-7,000 provenance: C.L. Pack, 1945 Dale Lichtenstein, 1989 "Salisbury", 1995 William H. Gross, 2008

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£6,000