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  • Lot# : 6531 Great Britain

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    1850, 1 d. red, plate 93, lettered LD-MD, vertical pair, Archer Perf. 16, used on cover, from Aberdeen, Scotland, to Banff, dated 9 November 1853, before the official use, arrival to reverse 10 November 1853, the Archer perforations matching the Wilkinson Punch Set, Side 2, small tear lower right of envelope, very scarce multiple and one of less than twenty recorded Archer covers originating from Scotland. Cert. RPSL (1983). SG16b = £6'400 two singles on cover. rnReference: “Distribution and Usage of Archer-Perforated Stamps - Updated” by R.C. Simpson, GB Journal, Volume 60, Number 1, January/February 2022.rnProvenance: Ex. de Phillp Collection, Robson Lowe, 4 November 1959, lot 148; Grosvenor, 26 May 2004, lot 2310.rn                    
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF