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Lot# 4148 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 4148 Cape of Good Hope

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    Trial Printing 1864: 1 d. deep carmine-red on Crown CC paper, watermark sideways, the famous unused pair with ample to very large margins all round and showing portion of adjoining stamp, of excellent rich colour and impression, fresh and very fine, large part og. with some colour from the sheet stored below on the gum. Tiny nick in margin only, well away from the design. An extremely rare multiple - this being the sole multiple recorded of this rarity. An extraordinary item, one of the key pieces of the Cape. Unique. Cert. RPSL (1966) Gi = £ 50'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Arthur Hind, Harmers, June 1934, lot 180; Collection C. Emerson Huston, Harmers, June 1961, lot 530; Certificate RPSL for His Excellency Armand Gazel (Maria de la Queillerie); Collection Maria de la Queillerie, Harmers, May 1970, lot 370; Harmers, London, 15 Dec 1998, lot 2648.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 20,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 18,000 CHF