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Auction: 11033 - Autumn Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1556

Cape of Good Hope 1861 "Woodblocks" 4d, pale milky blue with large to enormous margins, unused without gum, strong rich colour and impression; two small thin spots, one of which is clear of the design, and with small expert´s handstamp which just shows through to face, nevertheless one of the finest unused examples of this stamp recorded. S.G. 14, £22,000. Photo Estimate £ 12,000-15,000 provenance: Dale, Lichtenstein, May 1990 "Salisbury", September 1995 Ad Indhusophon, May 1999 William H. Gross, October 2008 From the estate of the late Lionel Robinson

Sold for
£9,500