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Auction: 17015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The "Foxley" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 1711

Great Britain
King Edward VII Issues
1911-13 Somerset House
1/- green and carmine, complete lower pane of 120 (12x10), showing date cuts under the last stamp, showing the substitution of the South West corner section of twenty stamps [R16/1-20/4] by head plate 1, including the plate cut under [R20/2], varieties including "Break in Crown and damaged "e" (M47g), Scratch behind ear [R20/11] and other minor plate flaws, unmounted mint, hinged in the margins, a few light creases or gum creases as to be expected with such a multiple. A stunning and almost certainly unique item. Specialised M47 (5), £16,800 as singles. Photo

provenance:
"Aurelius", May 2009

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Sold for
£5,800