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Lot 366

1d. red-brown, Imprimatur, die II, alphabet III, watermark ‚Large Crown‘, Reserve plate 19, JL, imperforate right sheet marginal with inscription and half Division Ornament, very fresh. Only 21 stamps were taken from the Imprimatur sheet, of which JI (N.P.M. London) and TL (Royal Collection) are unavailable for private collectors. Reserve plate 19 was completed in 1855, got imprimatur on 12 November 1855,  then held in reserve but was until defacement never put to press. (S.G.Cat. GBP 1.500)