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Lot 1431    SESSION 9 (4.30PM WEDNESDAY 14TH APRIL)    Great British Historical Medals

Estimate $180
Bid at live.noble.com.au

UNVEILING OF STATUE OF SIR ROWLAND HILL, founder of the Penny Post system, 1881, white metal (38mm) by Sale, obv. bust facing left, rev. inscription, (BHM 3109); 50th Anniversary of Penny Post, London Philatelic Exhibition 1890, silver (38mm) by Restall, obv. bust of Victoria facing left, rev, Britannia and cherubs, (BHM 3409, RR, not listed in Silver); Jubilee of Penny Postage 1890, white metal (38mm) by Fenwick, obv. bust of Victoria facing left, rev. "PRESENTED/BY/J.W. PALMER/FOREIGN STAMP MERCHANT/218 STRAND/LONDON", not listed in BHM. First holed, very fine - good very fine. (3)

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