Lot# 4002 - Auction 218-221

1902 (April 29): IR Official 5 s. carmine, a well centred used example of good colour, merest greying of perforations at top otherwise superb, cancelled by hooded 'Registered / London EC' datestamp (May 19, 1904) in black, approximately half of the few recorded used examples bear the London hooded datestamp. A fine and rare stamp. Cert. BPA (1972) Gi = £ 11'000.rnrnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 23 Jan 1952, lot 577.rn                        Robson Lowe, London, 17 March 1955, lot 1104.rn                        Corinphila sale 43, Feb 1956, lot 2363.