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THE RARE MISS COLOMBIA

Cherrystone Auctions recently offered a horizontal pair of 1930 ‘Miss Columbia’ Newfoundland overprints, 50c on 36c green, which were described as being ‘post office fresh’ and ‘well centred’. The lot description noted that only 300 copies

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