Losnr. 1339A - 309.-320. Auktion
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Losnr. : 1339A Grossbritannien
1877: 4 d. sage-green, plate 17, lettered IJ, "Abnormal", watermark inverted, used example, cancelled by the Bradford "107" numeral, well centered, good perfs., historical auctions mention a pin hole which is faintly visible but filed in and a corner crease which is not apparent, certificate does not mention these, however a very rare stamp; just twenty three examples known, one, lettered AD, is in the Royal Collection, another, lettered TJ, is in the Phillips Collection in the National Philatelic Museum; about half are know with inverted watermark. Cert. BPA (1960). SG = £20'000. rnProvenance: Ex. Dr. Douglas Latto Collection, Phillips, London, 22 Oct 1992, lot 487; Britannia Collection of Surface Printed "Abnomals", Daniel F. Kelleher, USA, 25 -26 July, 2000, lot 1269; Stanley Gibbons, London Philatelist, September 2001 (£9'000); Ex. Dr Michael D. Rubin Collection, Matthew Bennett, USA, 24 June 2001, sale 233; Stanley Gibbons, August 2003, lot 224.Ausruf : 4.000 CHFZuschlag : nicht verkauft