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1840: 1 d. black, plate 5, lettered QD, a used example with large margins all round, boldly cancelled by upright 1844 type London numeral "2" in black. Exceptional and of great scarcity Gi 2k = £ 1'800/Gi A1za = £ 1'800.rnrnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons, London, 25-26 June 1998, lot 464.