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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 409

xCeylon 1885 (Jan.-Mar.) Provisionals Perf. 14 5c. on 32c. slate, variety surcharge inverted, small part bars cancellation. A sound example of this rare surcharge variety. R.P.S. Certificate (1953). Sc. 96a, £1,300. Photo Estimate £ 500-600 provenance: "Duveen" Rear Admiral Harris, 1952

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