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Auction: 9028 - British Empire Stamps & Postal History
Lot: 463

Tobago 1879 CC £1 mauve, a marginal example with plate number, showing perforations double between stamp and margin, and what appears to be double perforations at left and at right, fresh vibrant colour, fine unused with almost full original gum. Undoubtedly one of the finest examples extant and one of only two examples we record. S.G. 6, £4250. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 provenance: Harmers auction, November 1946

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