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Auction: 8038 - Great Britain Stamps & Postal History
Lot: 1646

Great Britain 1841 Two Pence Blue Plate 4 Plate 4 AA-AF, violet-blue shade on thicker lavender tinted paper, horizontal strip of six, AE and AF very close or just touched at one side, otherwise margins all round, tied by "466" 1844-type cancellations of Liverpool on entire dated 1852 (2 Apr.) addressed to New Orleans, despatch datestamp and oval "L/ AP 2/A" on reverse, on front "paid", "5/cents" and "br. packet boston" (16.4) all in red; adhesives lifted and pressed, the address panel with small internal split which does not detract from the wonderful appearance of this very rare and extremely attractive entire. B.P.A. Certificate (2009), S.G. Spec. ES16. Photo Estimate £ 5,000-7,000 PROVENANCE: Robson Lowe sale October 1966 and illustrated on the front cover of the Robson Lowe "Review of the season "1966-67"

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£7,500