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Lot# 4680 - Auction 265-273

  • Lot# : 4680 Great Britain

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    1880 (Dec 8): 4 d. grey-brown, Plate 17, wmk. Crown, lettered NI-NL / RI-RL, an unused block of twenty (4 x 5), marginal from right of sheet, of fresh rich colour, overprinted SPECIMEN (Type 9) in black, minor horizontal crease not affecting the dramatic appearance, superb large part og. or unmounted og., the largest recorded SPECIMEN multiple recorded in K. Louis Card Index (the formerley adjoining block SI-TL was in Dr. Douglas Latto Collection). Gi J68s = £ £ 5'000.rnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons 21 May 1975, lot 550.
    Starting bid : 750.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600.00 CHF