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Lot# 1713 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 1713 Great Britain

    1865/67: 6 d. deep lilac, Plate 5, wmk. Emblems, lettered AK, a magnificent imperforate Imprimatur from top of sheet with Plate Number '5' in margin, large even margins all round, fresh and very fine with superb large part og. Extremely rare, just 21 examples cut from the Imprimatur sheet - this Plate Number example being unique in private hands: the other, a pair lettered TA-TB, being housed in the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Gi = £ 3'800.rnrnProvenance: Collection Colonel Bates, Harmers, London, 3-5 Dec 1934, lot 573.rn                   Collection Beaumont, RL, London, 7-8 Dec 1965, lot 275.rn                   Collection Dr. Latto, Phillips, London, Oct 1992, lot 117.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold