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Great Britain 1882 £1 brown lilac Plate 1 (Watermark Anchor) imprimaturs, SG132var

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Ref. RS1435 · Rare Stamps

Great Britain 1882 £1 brown lilac Plate 1 (Watermark Anchor) imprimaturs, SG132var

One of only 7 pairs of this landmark stamp in existence

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£80,000

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About this piece

A superb unused, with original gum, right hand marginal vertical pair of imperforate imprimaturs lettered 'AH-BH' (lower stamp unmounted mint with full original gum), overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 9.

Very rare pair of Specimens of this high value Queen Victorian surface printed stamp. There are only 7 possible examples, many of which are in institutional collections.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value for a single example is £45,000, the pair, therefore, with a minimum catalogue value of £90,000.

Catalogue details

Date
1882
Reference
RS1435
Collection
Rare Stamps
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