Lot# 3400 - Auction 222-226

Lithographed by Thomas Ham 1850 (May): Half-Length 2 d. dull brownish-lilac, Fourth State, Sixth printing Retouched, a wonderful used horizontal strip of three positions 4-5-6, just touched on first stamp but with huge margins on three sides (from corner of the sheet), of lovely fresh colour and showing the first two stamps with minor retouches and the third with the 'Pineapple' Retouch clearly showing, all cancelled by "33" Butterfly handstamp of Upper Glenelg in black. Cut between fifth and sixth stamp at top and some minor bends not affecting the splendid appearance. An exceptionally rare multiple - just two strips of three of this stamp are recorded, these being the largest known multiples. Cert. RPSV (2012) Gi = £ 1'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Charles Lathrop Pack, Harmers, New York, 6-15 Dec 1944, lot 1920.rn                        Collection Louise Boyd Dale & Alfred Lichtenstein, Harmers, London, 14 May 1990, lot 217.rn                        Collection John Barwis, Spink, London, 23 Oct 2012, lot 715.