Lot# 9173 - Auction 274-283

Local Surcharges 1885 (Jan-Mar): FIVE CENTS on 32 c. slate, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14, a used example with one or two nibbed perfs. at base, variety "Surcharge Inverted", lightly cancelled in black. Not known unused, a fine example of a very rare stamp. Cert. RPSL (1953) Gi = £ 2'750.rnrnProvenance: Collection Henry Duveen.rn                     Collection Edward Gilbert, Spink & Harmers of New York, London, 15-16 June 2005, lot 409. rn                     Collection D.J. Norris, Spink, London, 11-13 July 2006, lot 89.