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Lot# 6378 - Auction 218-221

  • Lot# : 6378 Victoria

    Lithographed by Thomas Ham 1851 (June): Half-Length 1 d. reddish brown, Third State, fourth printing, positions 3/7-12/1-6/7-12 (thus the lower two rows form a complete setting), the extraordinary unused block of 19 from the lower left coner of the sheet, of good colour and appearance, horizontally creased and with some aging primarily in margin at base, fresh and very fine, with large part original gum. A spectacular unused multiple, the largest recorded and an Exhibition item of the highest calibre Gi = £ 133'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Charles Lathrop Pack, Harmers, New York, 6-15 Dec 1944, lot 1733.rn                   Collection Louise Boyd Dale & Alfred Lichtenstein, Harmers, London, 14 May 1990, lot 214.
    Starting bid : 20,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 30,000 CHF