Lot# 537 - Auction 250-256

"1d Surcharges" 1890 (Dec): First Setting 1 d. on 4 d. ultramarine, surcharge Types 7a, a used horizontal pair re-joined by hinge, showing variety: "Surcharge Triple", lightly cancelled by indistinct numeral obliterator in black. Just 8 examples of this variety have been recorded by Hisey & Bartshe: who record just two used examples, all the 'Triple Surcharge' varieties emanate from the same half sheet. An extremely rare and unique multiple for the connoisseur. Cert. RPSL (1995) and BPA (2020) Gi = £ 5'250+.rnProvenance: Collection 'Tobias', Spink, London, 15 July 2010, lot 2339.