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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 443

xCyprus 1880 (1 Apr.) Overprints on Stamps of Great Britain One Penny Red Plates 193 and 196, AD-BI matching marginal blocks of twelve in contrasting shades, both unused with large part original gum; the Plate 193 block with roughly separated margins and a few split perfs. between AE-AF, the Plate 196 block with some severed and re-enforced perfs. in places. A rare large pair of matching multiples. Sc. 2; S.G. 2, £15,600+. Photo Estimate £ 4,000-5,000

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