Three two-penny blue stamps were cut in half and used for penny postage by a solicitor’s clerk in the north of England 96 years ago. Now £137 has been paid in London for the halves. The best cony made £72 10/-.
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Southland Times, Issue 23377, 8 December 1937, Page 5
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