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Auction: 6021 - Great Britain Stamps & Covers
Lot: 450

Great Britain Line-Engraved Issues 1841-53 One Penny Red-Brown Unplated and Plated Selections The collection on leaves, extensively annotated with references to plate flaws and varieties, the majority plated (with a number of ´black´ plates), comprising forty-six examples on entires or large pieces, off-cover examples with singles (2), pairs (2), strip of three, blocks of four (3), virtually all with Maltese Cross cancellations in black (including a number of distinctive types (English, Scottish and Irish), a few others with ´1844´ numeral types, 1893 envelope bearing a cut-into example tied by Hoster experimental machine datestamp (exceptionally late usage), etc.;a mostly fine and attractive assembly with many attractive and scarce items Estimate £ 480-580

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