Sale 913 — 2006 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 13 May, 2006
Category — 1847 Issue
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Cat./Est. Value
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5c Red Brown (1). Position 100R with enormous bottom right corner sheet margins, 6mm at right and 10.5mm at bottom, huge margins other sides, fresh and bright color, crisp impression, light strike of red grid cancel, tiny corner crease at far edge of sheet margin at top rightEXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS IS THE FAMED NEWBURY CORNER SHEET-MARGIN COPY OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE. EASILY ONE OF THE FINEST CORNER-MARGIN EXAMPLES OF THIS STAMP IN EXISTENCE.
Ex Newbury and Grunin.
E. 15,000-20,000
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