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Bidboard #
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1879
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Lot #
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61
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$500.00
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Price Realized:
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$230
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Canada
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# 340iii
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VF MNH lot of 4 different plate blocks from plates #15 and 16 of the 4c violet QEII Wilding definitive issue, which is listed in the Unitrade catalogue as the scarce vertically ribbed HB paper. The actual fluorescence level of these blocks is closer to MF, certainly brighter than "F" but not as bright as the 3c carmine rose "HB" under a UV lamp. In D. Robin Harris' Wilding Definitive handbook the highest fluorescence listed for the 4c violet is HF and these blocks are just a shade less bright than that and the companion lot of #338iii. The fluorescence levels on this issue are notoriously difficult to detect as this was a period of transition to using fluorescent printing papers. 2019 Unitrade.
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