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Auction: 7033 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 793

x Ceylon 1857 (1 Apr.) Blued Paper, Watermark Star, Imperforate Issued Stamps 6d. purple-brown, clear to good margins, unused with traces of gum; central thin and three fox spots at left, otherwise a presentable example of this exceedingly rare stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (1938). S.G.1, £7500. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,500 provenance: Baron de Worms, 1938

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