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Lot# 3413 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 3413 Great Britain

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    1840: First (and later rejected) Die for the One Penny Black in black, two impressions on cream wove paper, the 1902 reprint, few light creases, otherwise fine. The first die for the 1 d. was ready by January 1840, but was later rejected and remained with the printer's, Perkins Bacon & Co. Reprints were made in 1871, 1902, 1919 and 1935.  rnProvenance: Collection Heinz Reck, Phillips, London, 2 Nov. 1994, lot 336; Harmers, London, 20 Dec. 1995, lot 600.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF