Lot #86 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1877 Stamp + Coupon 9d (without control number) to 6/- complete with tiny 'SPECIMEN' h/s on both sections, a couple of quite insignificant faults otherwise very fine & attractive, ungummed. A set of great rarity and appeal. Ex JRW Purves. Acquired on 29.3.2008 for $3680. [The whole set is illustrated by Kellow Turner & McCredie at page 26, where they state this is the only set in private hands (in expectation that Henry Harvey's set was bought by Purves), which is almost certain

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1877 Stamp + Coupon 9d (without control number) to 6/- complete with tiny 'SPECIMEN' h/s on both sections, a couple of quite insignificant faults otherwise very fine & attractive, ungummed. A set of great rarity and appeal. Ex JRW Purves. Acquired on 29.3.2008 for $3680. [The whole set is illustrated by Kellow Turner & McCredie at page 26, where they state this is the only set in private hands (in expectation that Henry Harvey's set was bought by Purves), which is almost certainly the case. Absent from Ray Kelly's collection] (6)