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Lot# 3037 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 3037 Great Britain

    1841: 2 d. blue on blued paper, pl. 3, lettered GB-GD / HB-HD, a used block of six with ample to large margins all round, diagonal corner crease on HB but with GD showing the "Double Letter" flaw and vertical guideline in the D square, neatly cancelled by Maltese Crosses in black. A scarce multiple Gi ES11+ES11h = £ 1`900+.rnProvenance: Collection J.B. Seymour, Sale 5, RL, London, 30 April 1952, ex lot 515; Phillips, London, 7 July 1988, lot 144.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF