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Auction: 11027 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps & Covers Part 1
Lot: 1271

1852-53 One Penny Red-Brown, Alphabet II Imprimaturs Plate 158, AA-AB rejoined corner pair in bright and dark red-brown showing the plate number and margin inscription; AB with slightly trimmed margin and showing sharp ivory head in the blued paper, AA is in a different shade because the bluing has come through to the front of the paper Estimate £ 1,500-1,800 21 stamps were removed from the imprimatur sheet, AA-AL, HL, IF-IL and TL (Royal collection) provenance: AA; Leonard H. Clark, May 1946

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