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Estimate $270
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SOLD $500
LEECHMAN, G.&W.; L/963/9/blank, (P.63), another L/693/9 (both pierced at top) (the second powdering). G.&W.L. monogram/Hultsdorf Mills Colombo Ceylon in red vulcanite (35mm) (Pr.65). Mackwood, & Co. in tin/35mm) Maradahn Mills near Colombo circa 1870 (Pr.67) (2) Maclachlan, Mackenzie & Co., M.M./eight spoked wheel incuse, in brass (30mm) (Pr.68), MDD & Co/4«d issued before 1869 (Pr.72) (3), another with chip out of edge (Pr.72 variety). D.P. Perera, D.P.P./19 cents (Colombo, after 1869) (Pr.78). J.M. Robertson & Co, Colombo in copper (Oilyard Mills, Slave Island, 4«d) (Pr.80) (2), another but for Vauxhall Mills, Vauxhall Street, Slave Island (Pr.82) (2) both issued 1868. Fine-good very fine, several rare. (15)
The first ex T.O. Mabbott (lot 719) Collection (and H.D. Gibbs, with envelope) one Pr.80 and Pr.78 ex J.G. Gartner Collection, one Pr.67 72 variety and 82 from M. Freehill in 1967, others mostly ex Carnegie Museum of Natural History (lots 880, 1 part) Collection.
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