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Lot# 6053 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 6053 Ceylon

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    Recess by Perkins Bacon 1857/61: 1 s. 9 d. green, wmk. Star, imperforate, a used horizontal pair, of lovely depth of colour with close to large margins all round, lightly cancelled by barred obliterators in black. Tiny wrinkles not affecting the dramatic appearance of this rare multiple (no used multiples in the comprehensive Hackmey collection, nor in the Agabeg, Burrus or Dale-Lichtenstein collections, the Rear Admiral Harris collection contained the only other used pair this describer has found); of great rarity for the connoisseur. Signed Holcombe Gi = £ 1'600+.rnProvenance: Collection Baron de Anthony Worms, Harmers, London, 20-23 June 1938, lot 261; Collection Alfred H. Caspary, Harmers, New York, 24-26 Feb 1958, lot 406; Corinphila sale 74, 21-28 March 1987, lot 4214.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 1,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200.00 CHF