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  • Lot# : 4557 Great Britain

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    1854 (Feb 24): 1 d. red-brown on very blued paper, Die I, wmk. Small Crown, perf. 16, lettered AA-AL / CA-CL / DA-DK / EA-EG plus EJ-EK, the irregular re-joined block of fifty-six of good rich colour, all struck by italic "Frank Ives Scudamore / Chief Examiner" handstamps in black, top right stamp with diagonal crease but largely fresh and fine, with soiling on large part og. A rare and extraordinary large multiple.rnNote: Frank Ives Scudamore (1823-1884) served with the Post Office from the age of 18. When the Offices of Accountant-General and Receiver-General were combined in 1852 Scudamore was appointed Chief Examiner of the combined new Department at Somerset House. He applied his handstamps as a method of defacement, normally to sheets of stamps that had been mis-perforated by Perkins Bacon. The above block ably demonstrates this.rnReference: AI/DK is illustrated in 'The Philatelist - P.J.G.B., March/April 1988, page 77.rnProvenance: A new find, Sotheby's 9 May 1988.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF