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Lot# 2386 - Auction 265-273

  • Lot# : 2386 Virgin Islands

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    1899 (Jan): Virgin ½ d. yellow-green, an unused sheet marginal block of nine (3 x 3) from lower left of the sheet with varieties "Imperforate between Stamp and Margin" at left and "Imperforate between Vertically" with three horizontal pairs thus, second stamp Row 8, stamp 2 showing variety "HAΓFPENNY", seventh stamp, Row 10 stamp 1, showing variety "HALFPFNNY", of lovely fresh colour, large part og. with central row unmounted og. Unobtrusive vertical bend on the three stamps at right of no significance. Superb and extremely rare combination of the four  varieties. An extraordinarily rare multiple, without doubt the largest known, the unique positional multple Gi = £ 39'000+.rnProvenance: Major T. Charlton Henry, Harmer Rooke, New York, 4-7 April 1961, lot 1904; SG ‘Classics of the British Empire’, London, 4 Oct 1973, lot 130.rn         rn                  
    Starting bid : 15,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 15,000.00 CHF