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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 441

xCyprus 1880 (1 Apr.) Overprints on Stamps of Great Britain Half Penny Rose Plate 19, OW, unused without gum, good colour and well-centred. An attractive example of this very rare stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (2000). Sc. 1; S.G. 1, £5,000. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 Note: In "Cyprus 1353-1986, History, Postal History and Postage Stamps", 3rd. Edition, published by Robson Lowe 1987, Chris Crutwell, in a section entitled "Notes On Some Examples of Cyprus S.G. 1 - Plate 19", only records some twenty-four mint or unused examples of this stamp

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