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Auction: 11033 - Autumn Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1554

Cape of Good Hope 1861 "Woodblocks" 1d. carmine block of four with large margins on three sides and with shaved to good margins at left, wonderful fresh rich colour and neatly tied by two superb strikes of the triangular cancellation on piece showing fine 1861 "caledon" oval datestamp; outstanding quality and surely one of the finest used blocks of this rare stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (1930) incorrectly attributing the block as vermilion. S.G. 13a. Photo Estimate £ 20,000-25,000 provenance: Dale, Lichtenstein, May 1990 "Salisbury", September 1995 William H. Gross, October 2008 From the estate of the late Lionel Robinson

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£16,000