Tradition und Erfahrung in klassischer Philatelie seit 1919

Losnr. 3625 - 250.-256. Auktion

  • Losnr. : 3625 Barbados

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    Rough perforation 14 to 16 1861/70: (½ d.) grass-green, Plate II, rough perforation 14 to 16, an unused block of twenty, marginal from top of sheet, variety "Imperforate", imperceptibly touched at base with large margins on three sides, with centre line in margin at top, fresh and very fine but for horizontal crease through the third row not detracting from the appearance, unused without gum. Illustrated in 'The Stamps of Barbados' by Edmund Bayley on colour plate IV. A remarkable block of fabulous colour and truly stunning appearance, this being the largest multiple of the grass-green imperforate Gi = £ 8'500+.rnProvenance: Collection Major T. Charlton Henry, Harmer Rooke, New York, 4-7 April 1961, lot 278; Collection Lars Amundsen, SG, London, 6-8 Dec 1967, lot 32; Collection Claude Cartier, SG, London, 21 April 1977, lot 14; Collection Edmund A. Bayley, Harmers, London, 24 Oct 1990, lot 557.rnrnNote: The Edmund Bayley collection, sold in 1990, was unfortunately collected in Barbados and became subjected to a degree of tropicalisation, thus the gum, always slightly browned in the first instance with this variety, has sensibly been removed from this multiple to avoid deterioration.
    Ausruf : 4.000 CHF
    Zuschlag : 4.000 CHF