Lot 754
1887-92 ½d-1s "Jubilee issue". Superb unused...
Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5925
Auction: 13 July 2021 at 01:00 BST
£2,650
Description
1887-92 ½d-1s "Jubilee issue". Superb unused set of ten from the 1887 Jubilee issue plus an 1881 1d lilac (SG 172,Die 2, 16 dots) affixed to a page of DLR gridlined paper, each stamp overprinted "CANCELLED" type 14 including the rare 5d Die I, the first example of the 5d Die I overprinted "Cancelled" we have handled in over fifteen years. Gum residue on obverse of 5d not detracting from this extremely rare set, believed to be one of only two or three recorded examples in private hands. Ex. "Verus". SG197/211var.
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