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Auction: 17015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The "Foxley" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 1806

Great Britain
1841 Two Pence Blue
Plate 3
EA-EC horizontal strip of three, margins all round (scissors cuts between the impressions clear of the frame lines), tied by blue Maltese Crosses of Preston to 1843 (3 Jan.) legal size entire to London, EA-EB with slight buckling and some minor cover imperfections clear of the adhesives. Extremely rare. According to Karl Louis only one other strip of three on cover is known (Truro), plus a strip of four in the Phillips collection. Specialised ES11uc. Photo

literature:
Recorded by Rockoff and Jackson, page 447

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Estimate
£5,000 to £6,000