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lot # 5107 - europe Great Britain

Tuesday Nov 29, 2022 09:00 Europe/Zurich

1857: 1d. rose-red, Die II, Alphabet II, pl. 12, perf. 14, wmk. Small crown, horizontal strip of three, lettered MG/MI, centrally cancelled "Frank Ives Scudamore/Chief Examiner" designed to void damaged sheets at Somerset House, fine Gi. = £1'200 for strip of four.rnNote: From the famous stamp find from Scudamore's descendents. Frank Ives Scudamore was appointed Chief Examiner of the newly amalgamated offices of the Accountant General and the Receiver General in 1852.

Michel Catalogue 294: Great Britain

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