Tradition und Erfahrung in klassischer Philatelie seit 1919

Losnr. 3527 - 298.-307. Auktion

  • Losnr. : 3527 Grossbritannien

    1840: 1 d. black, plate 5, lettered LH-LI, a used horizontal pair, with good to large margins all round, except at lower right and tear in 'G' of Postage in LI, on 1841 cover to London tied by rare and very fine strikes of Wotton-under-Edge Maltese Crosses in black. Reverse displays well with fine double arc WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE cds in black (March 19) and part red London arrival. An exceptional cover, the only recorded pair used on cover Gi AS25um = £ 18'000.rnReference: Rockoff/Jackson Encyclopedia of the Maltese Cross, vol. 2 page 304. rnProvenence: 5. Stanley Gibbons, Frankfurt, 10-12 Oct. 1974, lot 429.rnCollection Major-General Sir Leonard Atkins K.B.E., Christies 6. Nov. 1990 lot 76. 
    Ausruf : 2.500 CHF
    Zuschlag : 2.500 CHF