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Lot# 5240 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 5240 Great Britain

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    1858/76: 2 d. blue, plate 9, an unused block of twelve (4 x 3) lettered NI-NL / PI-PL, States 2 and 3 after the repair of 1868, of lovely fresh colour, large part crackly og. (PL two thin spots) with some stamps unmounted og. A fine and rare multiple and certainly one of the "key-items" for the 1866/68 plate repairs of plate 9. Gi = £ 3'600+.rnProvenance: Collection Sir John Dodd, R. Lowe (28 March 1962), lot 268;  Robson Lowe Auction (15 May 1974), lot 1342; Christies R. L. Auction, (11-12 Jan. 1984), lot 512.
    Starting bid : 1,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300.00 CHF