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Lot# 3015 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 3015 Great Britain

    1840: 1 d. black, plate 4, lettered DH-DI/EH-EI, a used block of four with good to large margins all round and portion of adjoining stamp above DH, vertical guideline in the upper right square of EH clearly showing, each stamp individually cancelled by crisp strikes of the Maltese Cross in red. EH-EI with slight horizontal crease, otherwise a magnificent and rare multiple in the foremost exhibition quality Gi AS23 = £ 25'000.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, 21-22 April 1977, lot 2265
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 12,000 CHF