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  • Lot# : 4601 Great Britain

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    1862 (May 1): Unissued 3 d. deep rose, Plate 2, State 1 with shaded spandrels, lettered IE-IF / JE-JF, an unused block of four, in a deep shade, each stamp overprinted SPECIMEN (Type 6) reading up in black, lower left stamp with SPECIMEN struck reading down (inverted), fresh colour, some wrinkles on superb large part og. A fine and rare multiple, just two blocks recorded in the Karl Louis Card Index, the other being in the National Postal Museum (Vol XXXI, page 16). Unique in private hands Gi J25s = £ 3'200+.rnNote: Not mentioned in Galland & Louis "Surface Printed Stamps", nor in Samuel & Huggins "Specimen Postal Stamps & Postal Stationery".
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF