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Auction: 1026 - British Empire Stamps & Covers from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 548

St. Helena 1856-61 Sixpence Die Proofs 6d. complete design in black on India paper, stamp-size and let in to card (30x33mm.); tiny part of design at lower left cut away and the proof and card slightly toned, nevertheless very rare, being one of only six such proofs considered to have been pulled. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 provenance: "Justine", September 1992

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