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Lot# 6518 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 6518 Great Britain

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    1848, 1 d. red, plate 70, lettered SK, Henry Archer Roulette Trail, approx. gauge 11.5 to all sides, fault to top, unused, no gum, very fresh and fine printing, comes matched with a used example from the same plate/position. Cert. BPA (1992). SG16a = £15'000.rnReference: "Stamp Perforation: The Somerset House Years 1848 to 1880", by R. Simpson & P. Sargent, illustrated on Plate 1. rnProvenance: Harmer, 21 December 1959, lot 186, Harmer, Grosvenor, 26 May 2011, lot 3799. 
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF