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Auction: 25029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 2370

(x) Great Britain
1867-80
2/- milky blue, EB, large part original gum, an exceptionally fine example of this difficult shade, the exact shade rendered here is of superb clarity, and a major rarity as such. One of the finest recorded examples known to exist. B.P.A. Certificates (1983, 2008). Spec. J118(5), S.G. 120b, £24,000

provenance:
As a block of six lettered DA-ED:
Silkin, Harmers 14-16 June 1971, lot 437

As single lettered EB, as presented here:
Robson Lowe, 21 November 1972, lot 380
Phillips, 2 November 1989, lot 142
Lady Mairy Bury, Sotheby's, 24-26 November, 2010
The Shields Collection

The pair DB-DC:
Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, 29 September-1 October 2004, lot 391
Dimitris Bertsimas, Siegel, 19 March 2019
The Shields Collection



Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£8,000 to £10,000

Starting price
£7500