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Bidboard #
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1939
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Lot #
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285
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$328.05
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Current Bid:
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$140
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Great Britain
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Mint Millenium and mini-sheet madness. From two collecting philosophies. Turn of the 21st century British new issues nicely laid out on pages, with some new issue material in its original envelopes (Face value £103.34). It’s opposing twin was a cautionary tale about why speculation in philately rarely works out in the long run, as the collector purchased 123 of the "Castles London ‘80" souvenir sheets (#834a), including a "plating guide" identifying the 9 plate positions for each of these souvenir sheets (paid $145 in 1982! and not counted here). Followed this up with 80 sheets of the Rowland Hill souvenir sheet (#874a). These both combined have a face value of £93.11. All together, these make up a lot of VF clean Mint Never-Hinged material. Conservatively valued at the usable postage / face value only. Total face value = £196.45 =
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