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Great Britain, British Commonwealth & Foreign Countries Great Britain, British Commonwealth & Foreign Countries. 63 6 320 193 1088 1089 1066 1813 1639 2307 2413 2414 2377 2403 2415 2416 Closing date: March 28th 2018 Sale No. 258 32 97 106 107 140 145 168 172 155 184 156 157 195 Information Page Stanley Gibbons Postbid Sales take place on a regular basis All Start Bids prexed by the letter ’T’ are subject to Value Added Tax (currently six per annum), when you can bid through the post for at the current rate if sold to purchasers resident in the E.E.C. or collected Stanleythe philatelic Gibbons items Postbid of your Sales choice, take with place all onthe a assurance regular basis(currently of buying six fromBIDDING our oces ONLINE by an overseas THROUGH purchaser. 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