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Auction: 21011 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XIV - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 195

(x) Mauritius
1859 Sherwin Issue
2d. deep blue on bluish paper [10], a used example from the top of the sheet, large margins elsewhere and cancelled by crisp barred oval leaving the profile clear, a fresh and superb example, seldom found in such fine condition. B.P.A. Certificate (1988). S.G. 40, £8,000++

provenance:
Burrus, 1963

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Sold for
£7,500

Starting price
£4000