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Lot# 1394 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 1394 Great Britain

    1841 (April): Trial Printing 1 d. red-brown on blued, plate 11, lettered EH, on unwatermarked Dickinson silk-thread paper, an unused example with clear to large margins on three sides, fresh appearance and of good strong colour, unused without gum. A very rare stamp Gi = £ 4'750.rnProvenance: Rowland Hill Estate (1881) Collection "Chartwell", Spink 5 July 2012, lot 48.rnNote: All known copies originate from one sheet which was found in 1881 in the estate of Rowland Hill and exhibited in London in the same year.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF