Sale 1240
Spink London
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15 March 2000
Price realised
GBP 518
Estimate
used 2d. pale blue with serrates on three sides, cancelled "18"; tear at foot though a presentable example. R.P.S. Certificate (1939). Photo
Provenance
"Chalon", 1968
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