Sale 1274
Spink London
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17 May 2001
Price realised
GBP 1,495
Estimate
1847-54 Embossed Issue unused Die 2 (1850), brown, with sharp embossing and wide sheet margin at right, just touching to good on other sides, unused with part original gum; fine. R.P.S. Certificate (2001). H2(1), £3,500
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