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1860: Prepared for use but not issued: 1½ d. rosy mauve on blued paper, lettered QF-QG, an unused horizontal pair of exquisite colour, fresh and very fine, showing more 'Ivory Head' than normal, large part og. An extremely rare stamp, especially so in a multiple. Cert. PR Ltd. (1994) Gi = £ 17'000.rnProvenance: Collection Hunt, SG, London, 10 Nov 1966, lot 113.rn                   Phillips, London, 2 Seept 1993, lot 288.rn                   Harmers, London, 28 July 1995, lot 130.