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most copies were destroyed
A major modern rarity with only four complete booklets known
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £100+
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Cyprus 1881 'HALF-PENNY' on 1d red Plate 218, SG7 Long Island stamps most copies were destroyedCyprus 1881 (Feb) 'HALF PENNY' on 1d red Plate 218 type 3 (18mm) surcharge, SG7. A superb mint block of 4 lettered 'DC ED' with lovely fresh colour and large part original gum. A stunning and very rare multiple from this printing plate. Provenance: Ex Mrs Richardson (Robson Lowe 6 7 60, lot 233). Postage stamps were first introduced in Cyprus in 1880. The first issues used British stamps, which were overprinted with the word "CYPRUS", marking the
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