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Lot# 3357 - Auction 250-256

  • Lot# : 3357 Great Britain

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    I.R. Official 1892 (June): £ 1 green, wmk. Crowns, lettered EC-ED / GC-GD, an unused block of six, marginal from right of sheet, of brilliantly fresh colour, EC with almost imperceptible corner gum bend, extremely fine and most attractive, full unmounted og. An immaculate and sensational multiple for the connoisseur of classic philately. Despite the block of four KB/LC in the Irish National Museum the only mint block recorded. Cert. BPA (1992) Gi L11 = £ 82'000.rnProvenance: R. Lowe, Geneva, 30 April 1976, 1073, described as "part of an original find" (mostly officials). rn 
    Starting bid : 25,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 36,000 CHF