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Auction: 1026 - British Empire Stamps & Covers from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 352

Newfoundland 1857 Issue on thick, machine-made paper 6 1/2d. scarlet-vermilion with huge margins all round, unused with part original gum, refulgent colour; an outstanding example of this rare stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 7, £3,250. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 provenance: Captain Vivian Hewitt, 1968 Dr. Chan Chin Cheung, September 1995

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