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Auction: 1016 - Important Stamps & Covers
Lot: 33

Great Britain King George V Downey Head Issued Stamps 1912 (Jan.) watermark Imperial Crown, Downey Head 1d. scarlet-vermilion Die 2 corner block of six from the lower left sheet corner, the watermark unusually heavily impressed and showing through to the front in a couple of places, pencil notation that this block was purchased on 27th January 1912, unmounted mint; corner crease and tone spot in left margin. A rare multiple. S.G. Spec. N11 (6), £10,200. Photo Estimate £ 5,500-6,500

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