Lot# 5214 - Auction 291-297

1851: 2 d. 'violet-blue', plate 4, imperforate, printed on medium-thick lavender tinted paper, two single used examples lettered OE and QD, each with three margins, and a remarkable vertical strip of three lettered AL / CL with slightly clipped corners (but central stamp would make a magnificent single example) all lightly cancelled in black. Rare. Cert. BPA for the strip (1991) Gi = £ 2'000+.