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Lot# 1639 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 1639 Great Britain

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    1841: 2 d. blue, Plate 3, lettered BD-BE/SD-SE, an unused block of four in a resonant deep shade, ample margins all round but touched over the E square at lower right, the reverse showing Ivory Heads and with superb near full large part og. A block of charming appearance and of great rarity Gi = £ 42'000.rnrnProvenance: RL, London, 21 Oct 1953, lot 421. As a block of twelve: RB-RE/TB-TE..rn                    Collection Dr. Barer, RL, London, 27 Jan 1954, lot 209. As a block of twelve.rn                    Stanley Gibbonsm London, 9 March 1965, lot 1111. As a block of twelve.rn                    RL, London, 18 Sept 1990, lot 3486. As a block of twelve.rn                    Collection David Barton, March 2009. As a block of four.rn                    Collection Lord Steinberg, Sotheby's, London, 21 Sept 2011, lot 40. As a block of four.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,500 CHF