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Lot# 6533 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 6533 Great Britain

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    1850, 1 d. red, plate 96, lettered NA-OC, Archer Perf. 16, unused block of six, strong colour, crisp bright printing, part original gum, perf. seprartion in places reinforced by four black hinge strips and one mount, OC has small paper flaw and ink spot, however very attractive, eye catching multiple, an important and rare block from the Hill/Addenbrooke Punch Set in the third state of use. Cert. BPA (1954). SG16b = £21'000 as a block of four and two singles.rnReference: "Stamp Perforation: The Somerset House Years 1848 to 1880", by R. Simpson & P. Sargent, illustrated on Plate 1. rnProvenance: Ex. Earl of Crawford (1912) incorporated into a part sheet, Robson Lowe, 28 September 1939, lot 106; Ex. P.C. Litchfield Collection, Robson Lowe, 19 April 1950, lot 290; Ex. John Leask Collection, Robson Lowe, 14 April 1954, lot 325; Ex. Fisher Collection, Phillips, 23 March 1983, lot 288; Christies, 3 June 1994, lot 3226; David Feldman, 14-20 February 1999, lot 31181.rn                    rn                  rn                    rn           
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,600 CHF