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Lot# 3039 - Auction 250-256

  • Lot# : 3039 Great Britain

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    1841 (March 9): 2 d. deep red-brown on blued "Dickinson" silk thread paper, with white line added, without corner letters and top right corner covered with wax during printing to prevent any re-use, vertical silk thread, the Proof (position 8 on the sheet) with large margins all round and in a superb deep shade with large part original gum. This item illustrated in the Stanley Gibbons specialised catalogue on page 23. Immensely rare with two Proofs in the National Postal Museum in London and one sheet in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The remaining fourteen examples are represented by a block of four and just 10 single examples available to collectors Gi DP44 = £ 60`000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Durham (Ron Alcock), Phillips, London, 11 Nov 1993, lot 108.rn                   Collection Robert Cooley, Shreves, 23 Sept 1995, lot 339.rn                   Grosvenor, London, 29 April 1998, lot 920.
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 10,500 CHF