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Auction: 11027 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps & Covers Part 1
Lot: 1232

1841-53 One Penny Red-Brown Imprimaturs Plate 64, AA-AB and AK-AL rejoined corner pairs in deep red-brown showing the plate numbers and margin inscription ; AB with top margin trimmed a little and AK with pencil number in the margin, AA showing brighter colour at left where some blue from the ink has been absorbed by the paper. A striking reconstruction and a rare opportunity to obtain both of the only plate number examples from one sheet in private hands Estimate £ 4,000-4,500 22 stamps were removed from the imprimatur sheet, AA-AL, FL, GG to GL, HK, HL and TL (Royal collection) provenance: AA; Leonard H. Clark, May 1946

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