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Auction: 11027 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps & Covers Part 1
Lot: 1270

1852-53 One Penny Red-Brown, Alphabet II Imprimaturs Plate 144, AA-AB rejoined corner pair in deep to dark red-brown showing the plate number and margin inscription; AB with top margin trimmed, AA hinge mark in margin; on very blued paper showing ivory head. Fine Estimate £ 1,800-2,200 21 stamps were removed from the imprimatur sheet, AA-AL, HK-HL, IG-IL and TL (Royal collection) provenance: AA; Leonard H. Clark, May 1946

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