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Auction: 9016 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 21

Cape of Good Hope 1863-64 De La Rue Printings 1d. deep carmine-red on paper watermarked Crown CC, a pair of this trial printing showing the watermark sideways, deep rich colour and sharp impressions on bright paper with large margins all round and with part original gum; suspicion of a very small thin, otherwise very fine. One of the great rarities of the Cape of Good Hope and an outstanding showpiece with outstanding provenance. R.P.S. Certificate (1980). S.G. 22 Estimate £ 25,000-30,000 provenance: Sir Henry Tucker, 1979 "Salisbury", 1995 Ad Indhusophon, 1999 William H. Gross, 2008

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£22,000