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Repatriation. 1945 Stampless air letter from a former P.O.W written on S.S "Empress of Australia" en route from Manila to Singapore, endorsed "Liberated U.K P.W", censored; 1½d air letter from G.B to "Gunner A.R Wallis, Liberated P.O.W, Australian Base P.O, Melbourne" returned with violet "No Record of / Repatriation / of addressEE", G.B 6d air letter to "Pte A.N Tucker, L/B U.K P.O.W, on board S.S Marine Shark, Manila bound for San Francisco" endorsed "Received "14/11/45 Queen Mary"; telegram envelopes with violet "URGENT PRISONER OR WAR TELEGRAM" (2, one with enclosed covering letter); and Red Cross letter regarding sending a telegram to a former Far East P.O.W. Also 1945 O.A.S cover and air letter with R.A.F Post Office South East Asia 155 or 221 datestamps of Penang or Singapore. (8). £120-150
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1840-1960s QV - QEII Collection in seven large stockbooks, virtually all used, the majority collected for their cancellations with large numbers of fine single ring datestamps and other unusual cancels, with used or cancelled abroad, numbers in Maltese Cross (19, all numbers), camps, F.P.Os and military, Boer War and WW1, T.P.Os, stations and R.S.Os, rubbers and skeletons, Salisbury "683" trial cancels, boxed "No. 1" (2), Liverpool P.L.O (2) or Landing Stage (8), British Army P.O Egypt, Tresco on 1884 1/-, "OXO" on embossed 6d (cut to shape), rare Edinburgh 131 experimental duplex, Cape Packet Plymouth, Dartmoor F.P.O duplex on piece, Paquebots and Ship Letters, oval railway cancels, VR Scrolls, 1862 International Exhibition on piece, Islands, Azemars, etc., some better stamps with 1d blacks (5, all four margins), 1840 2d blue (three margins), 1883 Anchor 10/-, 1884 Imperial Crown £1 brown (small thin), 1900 £1 Green, a few mint with 1841 1d reds (3), many multiples and plate varieties, watermark varieties, postal fiscals, officials, postage dues, etc. Also many unusual items with railway and other perfins (many on Line Engraved), BT perfins, underprints and overprints (37), several mint surface printed stamps with "HUTH" perfins, telegraph stamps, Circular Delivery Co., postal stationery cut-outs with 1887 dotted Hoster and Ethridge machines and a few advertising rings, labels and cinderellas, revenues, railway parcel and newspaper stamps (154) or letter stamps (65), etc. Also an eighth stockbook of c.d.s and rubber cancels mainly on piece. A very unusual and interesting collection that should be viewed to be fully appreciated. (1000s). Photo on Page 50. £3,000-4,000
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1840-1979 Mint Collection in an album including 1840 1d black QF plate 1a (three margins, probably regummed), 1870 ½d (13, with plate 4 marginal strip of three), 1d red plates (53), Surface Printed with 1865 6d plate 5 and 1/- plate 4, 1875 6d plate 14, 1873 1/- plate 8, 1883 3d on 3d and 6d on 6d, 1883 2/6, 1883 4d, 5d, 9d and 1/- green, 1887-1900 set to 1/- (both colours), 1902 KEVII ½d - 2/6, 1929 PUC £1, 1934 2/6 - 10/-, 1939-48 2/6 - £1 set of six, etc., also Officials with Govt Parcels QV 2d, 1/- green, etc. Some faults and stamps without gum, a few probably regummed, still a very useful collection with some good stamps. (100s). Photo on Page 60. £1,000-1,200
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1840-1988 Used collection in an album including 1d blacks (4) and 2d blue (all with faults), 1870 ½d plate 9, many 1d reds and some Surface Printed, 1874 5/- plate 2, KEVII 2/6 - £1, Seahorses to the 10/- (3), 1929 PUC £1, also Officials with QV I.R Official 5/-, KEVII R.H Official 1d, O.W Official 2½d, Board of Education 2½d, etc. A useful collection, some faults. (100s). £600-700
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1841-1936 QV-KGV Definitives, mint and used selection including "12" in Maltese Cross on 1841 2d, study of 1d red plates on six pages showing misperforated stamps, double perforations (one with additional vertical perforations through the centre of the stamp, used on cover), plate varieties, pre-printing paper folds; 1870 ½d with blocks, underprints including scarce "G.H.W & Co / ST PAUL'S"; 1887 Jubilee issue with many minor varieties, 1/- green on piece with 2 Jan. 1887 cancel (second day of issue, earliest recorded use); KEVII with shades, unmounted 9d (2), 1/-; KGV used adverts from booklet panes, also a few Controls, etc. An interesting selection with some useful stamps. (400+). £400-500
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1854-1902 QV and KEVII mainly used accumulation in a stockbook including 1870 ½d (54), 1876-80 2½d used in Constantinople (11) or Malta (2), etc. (1,000+). £100-120
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1841-1965 Mint and used collection in a boxed leather bound S.G. Philatelic Album and loose, with imperf 1d reds (100s, mainly loose in packets, some number in Maltese Cross cancels), 1841 2d BE-BH strip of four with spectacle variety (3/4 margins) and superb singles (2, one on cover) and pair with four large margins, 1887-1900 Jubilee ½d - 1/- (both colours) set mint and 1900 ½d green sheet of 240, KEVII 6d plate proof pair in black on card, a few Controls, etc. Also worldwide and foreign covers, picture postcards with Boer War, Aden, Egypt, etc. (100s). £200-250
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1840 1d Intense Black, RB plate 6, good to large margins on all sides, mint with original gum, hinge remainders, reverse with "Pl6" in lower left corner, signed "Proschold" in pencil. A rare and superb looking mint 1d black, with Eichele Certificate (2022). S.G. £18,000. Photo on Front Cover. £4,000-5,000
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1840 1d Black, JI plate 4, very close at top, used with red Maltese Cross; and 2d blue, TD plate 2, four good margins, used with a black Maltese Cross. (2). Photo on Page 60. £150-180
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1840 1d Black, SC plate 10, four large margins, superb used with a black Maltese Cross. With R.P.S. Certificate (2000). S.G. £950. Photo on Page 60. £200-240
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1840 (Oct 9) Entire letter from Hitchin to London bearing 1d black HC plate 1b, four good margins, tied by a red Maltese Cross. Redirected to Goosmargh near Preston with the 1d redirection fee paid in cash, red "S. Audley St. / 1py P. Paid" and a "Paid" tombstone datestamp both on the front. A fine entire showing prepayment with both stamps and cash. Photo on Page 52. £240-280
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1841 (June 21) Cover from Sherborne to Netherton near Andover bearing a 1d black, DE plate 11 with good to huge margins on all sides, a large part of the adjacent stamp showing at left, cancelled by a neat black Maltese Cross, just tied at right, a Sherborne datestamp at upper left (year shown as "184"), backstamped at Andover. A superb looking plate 11 1d black cover, with 2008 B.P.A Certificate (which mentions "small crease at lower right of adhesive", which we are unable to see!), and 2022 Brandon Certificate. S.G. £16,000. Photo on Page 52. £3,500-4,000
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1841 (Apr 22) Entire from Kirby Lonsdale to Kendal bearing 1840 2d blue, KL plate 1 with four margins (close at foot) tied by a neat Maltese Cross, despatch and arrival backstamps in blue, light vertical fold, otherwise fine and attractive. Photo on Page 52. £200-250
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1841 1d Reds, the interesting study of cancellations including "No. 1" Penny Post receiver, London District Post "20", "34", "37" and "41" numerals, Maltese Cross + numeral cancel (3), "RLB" obliterator of the Returned Letter Branch, late uses with post-1858 duplexs (5), Maltese Cross + Penny Post (3), etc., a few faults, the majority with four margins. (55). Photo on Page 60. £250-300
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1842 (Jan 28) Partly printed letter from the Admiralty in London acknowledging a request to be appointed an agent in charge of mails in a contract vessel, addressed to Lt. Thomas in Whitehaven with a red Paid datestamp, the letter turned and posted back to London franked by a 1d red plate 18 (four small to huge margins) tied by the distinctive Maltese Cross of Whitehaven. Folded to display both address panels, both with clear Whitehaven backstamps, very rare. With R.P.S Certificate (2002). S.G. £10,000. Photo on Page 54. £4,500-5,000
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Devon. 1843 (June 15) Entire to Launceston bearing a 1d red, four margins (close but clear at right, large margins on other sides) cancelled by "HOLSWORTHY" undated circle, additionally cancelled by a Maltese Cross probably applied upon arrival at Launceston, arrival backstamp. A scarce and unusual combination of cancels, the undated circle used as a cancellation at the office of posting contrary to regulations. Photo on Page 54. £800-1,000
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Coloured Cancels. 1846-59 Entire letters (3) and covers (6) bearing imperforate 1d reds (5, three or four margins) or perforated 1d stars (4) with numeral or duplex cancels in blue (6) or green (3), a couple of covers with faults, otherwise fine. (9). £300-350
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1841 2d Blue, fine quality full size photographs of the plate 3 and plate 4 Imprimatur sheets held by Post Office archives. A useful reference, showing the stamps removed from the sheets. (2). £80-100
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1842 (May 13) Long entire letter from Truro to St Austell bearing 1841 2d blue plate 3 NC-OC vertical pair each tied by a superb blue Maltese Cross with matching Truro datestamp on the front. Small stain at upper left, NC touched at right, OC cut into at right with fault at lower right corner, still a spectacular cover and a very rare blue cross on the 2d blue. Ex. Pickering collection. S.G. £8,500 (for a single 2d on cover). Photo on Page 54. £2,800-3,200
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1843 (Apr 19) Long entire letter from London to Loughborough, 4d postage paid by 1841 2d blue plate 3 PK-PL pair applied at upper right, a 1d late fee paid by 1d red HJ plate 27 applied at the upper left corner, all three stamps with large to enormous margins, all cancelled by number "12" in Maltese Crosses. Pressed vertical fold, otherwise an unusually fine and attractive late fee cover, rare in this quality, with Brandon Certificate (2001). Photo on Page 54. £1,400-1,600
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1850 1d Red-brown, alphabet 1, perforated 16 by Henry Archer, cancelled by a Maltese Cross in blue. A late use of the Maltese Cross, unusual in blue and very rare on an Archer perf. With Eichele Certificate (2010). S.G. 16b. Photo on Page 60. £500-600
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1852 2d Blue plate 9, specialised study well written up in two boxed leather bound albums, including double letters, 1866 and 1868 retouches, a largely complete sheet reconstruction, uses on cover, etc. (259 + 25 covers). £200-250
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1858-64 Entire letters from London (2) or Liverpool to Peru, bearing 1856 1/- pair or two singles, or 1862-64 1/- pair, two with "PANAMA" British P.O double arc transit datestamps on the front, one with red "PAID / LIVERPOOL" c.d.s. (3). £240-280
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1858-72 Entire letter and covers (2, letters enclosed) to the USA, the first franked 1856 1/-, the others franked 1867-80 3d plate 5 or 8, one 1870 cover with unusual Southampton 723 five bar experimental duplex. All fine, the 1870 cover ex. Lady Mairi Bury. (3). £100-120
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1862 (Jan 8) G.P.O London printed circular "Postage Stamps of the value of four-pence, of a new color, and also a new stamp of the value of nine-pence, being about to be issued for the payment of postage upon letters posted in the United Kingdom; I enclose, for your information, specimens of these two stamps", signed by F. Hill in manuscript, bearing 1862 4d plate 3 with type 5 "SPECIMEN" overprint and 9d plate 2 overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 6 (torn prior to being applied to the notice), sent to The Postmaster General, Sydney. The notice endorsed "Enclosing specimens of new nine penny and four penny postage stamps" and "Supt, note & show to Letter Branch 15/3/62" with dated initials of three officials in New South Wales who saw this notice over the following three days. Edges of the notice (clear of all wording) folded back to display the notice on an album page, minor staining of the blue paper and a repaired horizontal split, an exceptionally rare notice intended for Postmasters and Postal Agents overseas, one of just two recorded examples (the other being slightly reduced in size), ex. Conrad Latto Collection (sold in 1992). Photo on Page 56. £1,400-1,600
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1867 3d Plate 4 imperforate plate proof in pale rose, on unwatermarked gummed paper, light diagonal crease and minor paper adhesion on reverse, otherwise fine and very scarce. S.G. £3,800. Photo on Page 60. £250-300
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1867 1/- Green plate 4, upper margin with part inscription, unmounted mint, light gum crease, otherwise superb. S.G. 117, £975. Photo on Page 60. £160-200
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1867-80 Spray of Rose 3d - 2/-, the superb used selection, all carefully selected examples with c.d.s cancels, some multiples, comprising 3d plates 8, 9, 10, plate 8 pair, plates 7 and 9 strips of three, plate 8 block of four, 6d plate 9, 9d plate 4, 10d plate 1, 1/- plates 4 (marginal), 5 (2), 6, 7 (2, both marginal), plate 6 pair (marginal), plate 5 block of four, 2/- plate 1. An exceptional group, 3d plate 8 block (R.P.S Certificate) and plate 10 ex. Lady Mairi Bury. S.G. 102/120, £2,800++. (31 stamps). Photo on Pages 58 & 60. £700-900
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1870 ½d Perkins Bacon Die Proof without corner letters, in black on India paper, printed after the engraving of the head was strengthened and the die was hardened, 80x58mm. An exceptional proof, one of just five struck, several of which have been reduced in size. S.G. DP 62b, from £12,000. Photo on Back Cover. £6,500-7,500
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1871 3d Die Proof with uncleared corner squares and plate number circles, in black on white glazed card stamped "AFTER STRIKING" and dated "Nov 20 1871". A fine and rare die proof probably produced for the plate 8 stamp. S.G. £2,000. Photo on Page 58. £500-600
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c.1878 Page headed "GRANDE-BRETAGNE, 1850, Specimens", believed to be from a book of G.B stamps and stationery proofs prepared by the Inland Revenue for display at a French International Exhibition, bearing two impressions of 1½d pink embossed stationery stamp with 1860 date plugs (the P.T.P.O envelope with this stamp not issued until 1872), one of these on a large piece with the unissued 1860 1½d rosy mauve plate 1 affixed. All three stamps handstamped "SPECIMEN", types 2 or 6 on the stationery stamps and type 6 on the 1½d rosy mauve. A unique page. Photo on Page 57. £2,000-2,500
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1878 6d Grey plate 16, watermark Spray of Rose, TG imperforate Imprimatur, fine mint. Very scarce, just 22 stamps removed from the Imprimatur sheet, several of which are in institutional collections. S.G. £2,750. Photo on Front Cover. £500-600
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1881 2½d Blue plate 21, superb unmounted mint. S.G. 157, £500. Photo on Page 74. £100-120
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1881 1/- Orange-brown plate 13, a few short upper perf tips, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 163, £875. Photo on Page 74. £100-120
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1882 £5 Orange, DN plate 1 on white paper, lower right corner marginal, unmounted mint, a magnificent stamp, rare in this quality. Photo on Page 58. £13,000-15,000
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1892 Tie-on parcel tag from Birmingham to Bermuda franked on the reverse with 1884 5/-, 1887 3d, 6d and 1/- all tied by Birmingham parcel cancels. A scarce use of the 5/- and a high rate of 6/9. Also a second 1894 parcel tag from the same correspondence franked 3d + 6d. (2). Photo on Page 54. £300-400
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1901 KEVII 2/6, 5/-, 10/- and £1 Die Proofs in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, the 10/- and £1 proofs stamped "BEFORE / HARDENING", 10/- proof dated "22 NOV 01" and the £1 proof dated "16 DEC 01". A magnificent set of De La Rue Die Proofs for the four KEVII high values. S.G. £14,550. (4). Photo on Page 58. £6,000-7,000
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1902-11 KEVII Collection in a boxed S.G. Philatelic Album, superb quality throughout, the mint stamps all unmounted, used stamps virtually all with fine c.d.s cancels, including De La Rue 3d (S.G. 232c) marginal mint, 4d brown-orange (S.G. 239) mint, 9d corner marginal (S.G. 251a) mint, 10d (S.G. 255) marginal mint, 1/- mint (2, S.G. 257/259), 2/6 mint and used (12), 5/- used (8), 10/- mint and used (4), £1 used (5); Harrison & Son 1d aniline rose (S.G. 275a) mint, 3d (S.G. 277) used (2), perf 14 and 15x14 issues; Somerset House 10d (2, S.G. 310/311) mint, 2/6 used, 5/- mint and used, 10/- used, £1 used (2). An exceptional quality collection, most shades identified. S.G. £25,000++. (717). Photo on Page 60. £5,000-6,000
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1906 Large piece from a registered letter sent by the London office of the Societe Anonyme to the Societe Generale (in Paris?) bearing KEVII ½d, 2½d, 4d (SO perfin) and 2/6 tied by Gresham House datestamps, a good postal use of the 2/6 stamp paying a 3/1 rate. £120-150
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1911 (June 20) Picture postcard of R.M.S "Mauretania" bearing KEVII 1d aniline pink cancelled by Cardiff Paquebot machine. Minor soiling, an unusual use of this scarce shade. £100-120
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1913 Waterlow 2/6 Seahorse, imperforate colour trial block of four in bright vermilion, margin at right, on thin ungummed paper with inverted and reversed "& SON LD" watermark, superb and unique. Photo on Page 92. £8,000-10,000
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1919 (Aug 2) Registered tie-on O.H.M.S parcel tag from the Foreign Office to the British Legation in Athens, signed "Curzon of K", franked a total of 36/-, comprising Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6 (2), 10/- single + pair on the reverse with a 1/- on the front, a scarce high franking. Photo on Page 62. £300-350
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1919 (May 17) Registered tie-on O.H.M.S parcel tag from the Foreign Office to the British Legation in Athens, signed "Curzon of K", franked a total of £2, comprising Bradbury Wilkinson 10/- singles (2, faults) + pair all on the reverse, a scarce high franking. Photo on Page 62. £300-350
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1924 KGV 1½d Watermark Block Cypher, upper margin, variety printed on the gummed side, superb unmounted mint. S.G. 420c, £1,000. Photo on Page 60. £250-300
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1924-35 Commemoratives, stamps and postal history including Wembley Exhibition mint (14), picture postcards and covers with Exhibition cancels (10), slogans, Post Office Exhibit card reposted at the 1928 Philatelic Congress, opening ceremony programme and facsimile telegram; 1929 PUC mint Controls comprising ½d (14), 1d (9), 1½d (12), 2½d (8) all in strips or blocks, ½d and 1d coil leaders, Congress cancels on cover (2), letter on Congress notepaper, set applied to Congress notepaper, set on India Round Table Conference notepaper each tied by the Conference c.d.s, printed menu for a dinner at the Waldorf Hotel; 1935 Silver Jubilee Controls, minor varieties, ½d, 1d and 1½d with "CANCELLED" overprints and punch. (c.250). £400-500
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1935 Silver Jubilee 2½d Prussian blue, superb unmounted mint, exceptional quality. S.G. £15,000. Photo on Page 74. £8,000-10,000
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1936 KEVIII Proposed Coronation issue, imperforate 1½d essay of the King in Seaforth Highlanders uniform, printed in blue on gummed E8R watermarked paper. Fine and rare, only six examples released. S.G. £1,750. Photo on Page 60. £350-450
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Controls. 1936 KEVIII 1d A36 Control block of six, cylinder 6 no dot, perf type 2, mounted in the margins only, scarce. (S.G. £850). Photo on Page 62. £100-120
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First Day Covers. 1936 KEVIII Set on two First Day Covers, the ½d, 1½d, 2½d cover posted at Barry (Sep 1) and 1d cover posted at Southend on Sea (Sep 14), both covers illustrated in watercolour with a picture of Windsor Castle. (2). £150-180
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1937 (June 3) Cover posted at Darlington on the wedding day of the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Simpson, with QV-KGVI definitives from all five reigns and 1937 Coronation 1½d, signed and dated "R. Anderson Jardine, June 3/37", by the Vicar of Darlington who conducted the wedding ceremony on this day. Unusual. £100-120
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