Tradition und Erfahrung in klassischer Philatelie seit 1919

Losnr. 3065 - 250.-256. Auktion

  • Losnr. : 3065 Grossbritannien

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    1841 (April): Unissued 1 d. deep red-brown, 'Dickinson' Trial printing on Silk Thread paper, black plate 11, lettered LD, without watermark, an unused example of brilliant colour with vertical silk thread, fresh and very fine unused. Just one part sheet of the eight printed has ever been located, all are without gum, the letterings recorded between A and Q rows only. This sheet was found in 1881 in the estate of Rowland Hill and was exhibited in London in 1881 (ref. Kohl handbook, written by J.B. Seymour). The sheet was cut up before January 1892 as a pair was shown at a Manchester Philatelic Society meeting as a 'novelty'. Rare and extremely fine stamp. Cert. RPSL (1983) Gi DP22 = £ 7'500/Gi 16 = £ 7'750.rnrnProvenance: Collection Louis Oram Trivett, Plumridges, 6-7 Nov 1924, lot 199.rn                       Harmer Rooke, London, 19-20 Feb 1959, lot 68.rn                       Phillips, London, 2 Feb 1984, lot 142.rn                       Collection Hassan Shaida, Harmers SA, Lugano, 29 April 1992, lot 217.rn                       RL, London, 14 Dec 1993, lot 1219.rn               
    Ausruf : 1.000 CHF
    Zuschlag : 2.600 CHF