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Auction: 11027 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps & Covers Part 1
Lot: 1274

1852-53 One Penny Red-Brown, Alphabet II Imprimaturs Plate 176, AK-AL in a light, bright red-brown shade showing the plate number and marginal inscription; AK with slightly trimmed margin showing part manuscript number; there is no bluing of the paper. An outstandingly fresh and desirable plate number pair Estimate £ 1,800-2,200 21 stamps were removed from the imprimatur sheet, AA-AL, IK-IL, JG-JL and TL (Royal collection) provenance: AL; Earl of Crawford Colonel A.S. Bates, December 1934

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