The Mark Freehill Collection of British Commonwealth
Lot 1669 SESSION 10 (4.30PM WEDNESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER) The Mark Freehill Collection of British Commonwealth &
Estimate $500
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SOLD $4,600
CEYLON, British Administration, The Government of Ceylon, 1885-99 issue, five rupees, Colombo, 1st January 1887, A/4 57281 (P.11a). Quarter folds, pin holes, one centimetre tear left margin, semi-limp paper, otherwise nearly very fine and rare as such an early date.
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