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1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 3d yellow-green SG 87 single with 'WACES' SG 87a, margins close to good; and horizontal strip of 3 [43-45] the first with 'WALE', margins close - at
right - to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, small scissor-cut between the first two units; Cat £400++. Superb! Multiples with full margins are rarely available. Paul Alcuri Certificate (1982) in German
for the strip. [We find it extraordinary that Gibbons list the first variety, which is omission of a small part of one letter, but not the second, which involes the omission of the entire letter!]
Grade A+ (Image1)
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