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Only 6 examples were printed, all being used on 30th March 1900, the first day of issue, and all seemingly belonging to the same envelope/piece.
Census
Setting 1
History: Ex Harmers, London, Oct 1971, lot 326 with BPA certificate (1961); ex John Ineson, Grosvenor July 2023, lot 338 sold £24’800 including premium.
Setting 2
History: Ex Urch Harris (Nov, 1978) and Harmers, Lugano, February 1994 (lot 1541)
Setting 3
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History: Royal Philatelic Collection
Setting 4
Signed David Field, cert. BPA (1990)
History: Ex Louise Boyd Dale & Alfred Lichtenstein, Harmers, Washington DC, 25-29 Nov 1989, lot 648;ex ‘Samos’, Ivy, Shreve & Mader, London, 19-20 June 1991, lot 277; Gian Maria Rossi, Warwick & Warwick, 8 June 2005, lot 240; ex “Besançon”, Corinphila, Dec 2019, lot 6014, sold CHF42’000 plus 21% commission.
Setting 5
Setting 6
History: Ex Harmers, London, April 1970, lot 610 with RPSL certificate (1933)
The 1887 Jubilee Issue 
