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Auction: 20024 - The "Dubois" British Commonwealth Collection of Stamps and Covers
Lot: 255

Ceylon
1861 (Aug.) The "Cancelled" Obliterator
1/- slate-violet, clean-cut perforation, neatly handstamped with part strike of the "cancelled" obliterator in 1861, perfs. cut off at foot otherwise fine. This stamp is position 3 in the block of six. Extremely rare , only one other example is recorded which is in the Royal Philatelic Collection. S.G. 26, £11,000

Note:
In August 1861 the printers, Perkins, Bacon & Co., provided six examples of each stamp in their possession to Ormond Hill (eldest son of Rowland Hill) for members of his family. These fascinating stamps and the story behind their appearance, have been fully described by Peter Jaffé in his book "cancelled" by Perkins Bacon.

provenance:
A.C. Edwards, October 2016

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Sold for
£4,500

Starting price
£2400