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unused PERF. 14X13½: The mint/unused study comprising 5a. blue (2) and 5a. blue perf. 12½ (line) (2); 6a. grey (five printings) 1st. (2), 2nd. (2, one with inverted watermark), 3rd. (4, with a pair), 4th. (6, with a block and one inverted watermark), 5th. (4, with a pair); 10a. carmine (seven printings) 1st.-4th. (4), 6th. (4, with a pair showing inverted watermark), 7th. (4, with a pair); 16a. brown (four printings) 1st., 2nd. (2, one with inverted watermark), 3rd. (2, one with inverted watermark), 4th. (3, one with inverted watermark); 20a. pale mauve 1st. printing, good colour with traces of gum, tiny defect at upper right corner; 20a. violet 2nd. printing (4, with a pair); 40a. green (6, with a block of four; Official Stamps 3a. yellow-ochre on thin paper 1st. (1882) (5, with a scarce block of four), 3a. orange-ochre 2nd. (5, with an unmounted corner block of four), 5a. greyish brown on thin paper 1st. (1878) (2, one imperf.), 5a. yellowish brown 2nd. (1884), 5a. olive-brown 3rd. (1891) and 5a. brown 4th. (1892) (29, with a reconstructed pane of twenty-five), 10a. ultramarine on thin paper 1st. (1876) scarce, 10a. blue/grey-blue 2nd. (1891) (6, with a block of four), 16a. rose-carmine on thin paper 1st. (1876), 16a. carmine 2nd. (1895) (5, with an unmounted corner block of four), 20a. deepish green, blurred print on thin paper 1st. (1876) rare, 20a. darkish green on thin paper 2nd. (1881) scarce, 20a. light green 3rd. (1891) (4, with a marginal strip of three) and 50a. mauve only printing (1894) (4, with a pair and one with inverted watermark). Mainly good to fine mint, mostly fresh with part to much original gum, a few with minor faults or traces of rust staining