Lot 182
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1860, 1s orange Papermaker's Watermark "STACEY WISE 1858", showing second "E", lightly cancelled, mostly margins, touched at places, "small tear" still a fine copy for such a scarce stamp.
SG 15; £11,000 for normal ($15,950). (Scott 15 var).
Scott $12,000 for normal
An incredibly rare stamp. According to Robson Lowe, approximately 5% of the only 1000 copies printed of the 1 sh orange could be watermarked, hence 50 copies. We have found one in the Dale-Lichtenstein Collection, and two in Caspary all used. Perhaps there are a few more. A serious collection of Newfoundland should include one example.
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