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Lot# 1595 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 1595 Great Britain

    1840: 1 d. black, Plate 1b, lettered AA/BA, variety "Inverted Watermark", a vertical pair with enormous margins all round and portion of two adjoining stamps at right, of good colour and cancelled by two strikes of the Maltese Cross in red. A superb and scarce multiple, vertical pairs being considerably scarcer than horizontal: whilst a block of four and a strip of four of this variety on cover exist, a pair is the next largest multiple known and this must rate as the finest. Signed Giulio Bolaffi Gi 2Wi = £ 5'000/AS5l = £ 5'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Lanterna', Harmers, London, 16 May 2006, lot 11.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF