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Auction: 6031 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 1951

x New South Wales 1851 (13 Dec.) front to London, bearing 1850 Sydney View Plate II 1d. gooseberry-red pair (just cut-into at right) and single on bluish wove paper, both cancelled by dumb obliterator, showing manuscript "3" in red and "1/4", and Sydney Crowned circle d.s. Very fine, the largest recorded multiple of this rare shade. S.G. 10. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500Note: Only two fronts (no covers) are recorded with this stamp. The other front is from the same correspondence and sent on the same day as this. provenance: G.J. Hutson V.P. Manwood, November 1995

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