Lot# 6013 - Auction 234-243

London Printing 1853 (July 1): 5 c. red-brown on deeply blued paper, a remarkable vertical strip of four with large margins on three sides and just touched at top, in a fine deep shade neatly cancelled by six bar target handstamps in black. Minor bends on two stamps not affecting the exquisite appearance of this scarce multiple. Cert. BPA (1992) Gi. 1 = £ 240+/Scott = $ 600+.rnProvenance: Collection Jean Dupont, Balasse, May 1981, lot 10.