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Auction: 1026 - British Empire Stamps & Covers from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 148

Ceylon — 1000r. purple on red R.2/12 with variety broken crown and scroll, overprinted "specimen", fresh unused with part original gum; fine and very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 323b/s, the variety catalogued £32,000 as an issued stamp. Photo Estimate £ 1,200-1,500

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