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Lot# 1714 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 1714 Great Britain

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    1865/67: 1 s. green, Plate 4, wmk. Emblems, lettered AK, a magnificent imperforate Imprimatur from top of sheet with Plate Number '4' in margin, even margins all round, fresh and fine without gum. Extremely rare with just 25 stamps were cut from the Imprimatur sheet - this Plate Number example being unique in private hands: the other, lettered 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 576.rn                   Collection Dr. Latto, Phillips, London, Oct 1992, lot 132.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,500 CHF