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Lot# 4627 - Auction 284 - 290

  • Lot# : 4627 Great Britain

    1872 (April 12): 6 d. pale buff, Plate 12, wmk. Spray, lettered CK-CL / DK-DL, a used block of four of good colour, each stamp cancelled by "Gresham House B.O. / EC" circular datestamps (May 26, 1873) in black. The second largest used block recorded in the Karl Louis Card Index. Scarce and attractive multiple Gi J80(1) = £ 1'200.rnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons, 8-9 March 1973, lot 437; Phillips, London, 2 Nov 1989, lot 159.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF