Lot# 6567 - Auction 309-320

1852, 1 d. red, plate 177, lettered QH, die I, alphabet II, small crown wmk., imperf. four close to large margins, fine used example of this the scarcest of the Alphabet II imperf plates. Accompanied by a used example of the perforated issue for the same plate/position. Cert. RPSL (2002). SG8 Spec. B2 = £2'750. rnReference: "Stamp Perforation: The Somerset House Years 1848 to 1880", by R. Simpson & P. Sargent, Plate 2.