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Lot# 3175 - Auction 250-256

  • Lot# : 3175 Great Britain

    1873/80: 3 d. pale rose, Plate 15, wmk. Spray, lettered CE-CH / DE-DH, an unused block of eight of fresh colour, couple of tiny ink specks on DE, slight creasing, otherwise fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. A rare and attractive multiple only one mint block of eight from this plate recorded in Karl Louis card index Gi J39 = £ 5'200.rnProvenance: Phillips auction, 2 Nov. 1989, lot 277; Grosvenor, 31 Jan. 2001, lot 232. rn 
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF