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Lot# 10100 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 10100 Great Britain

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    1d. black, plate 4, lettered HI, four ample to large margins, tied to folded entire to Warrington by red Maltese Cross and Hull double-arc datestamp (30 May, 1840), some light wrinkling to cover mentioned for strict accuracy, an impressive entire with adhesive tied by town cancel, postmarked on the final Saturday of May, and little more than one week after the earlies recorded usage of this plate. Cert. RPSL (1992). Gi. AS23tj = £2,000+rnrnProvenance:rnCollection Michael Lea (1978)rnCollection Shaida, Harmers of Switzerland, 13 February, 1992, lot 182.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF