Lot# 1652 - Auction 244-249

1841: 1 d. red-brown on blued paper, pl. 18, lettered HJ, the famous example with ample to large margins all round showing a clear strike of "Wotton-Under-Edge" segmented Maltese Cross in black. A magnificent example of this rarity. Cert. BPA (1981) Gi B1tw = £ 6'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection J.B. Seymour, RL, London, 20 Feb 1952, lot 389.rn                   RL, London, 9 July 1958, lot 239.rn                   DF, Zurich, 27 Nov 1989, lot 30296.