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Auction: 4003 - Stamps & Covers of the World featuring Italy and Italian States
Lot: 839

†Great Britain 1840 One Penny Black Plate 2 NE-OF block of four, variety inverted watermark, margins all round, light strikes of the red Maltese Cross; NE-NF with crease though in no way detracting from this attractive and extremely rare, possibly unique, multiple. An ordinary block of four from this plate catalogue £4250, while singles with inverted watermark catalogue £800 each. Photo Estimate £ 4,000-5,000

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£14,000