Lot# 3422 - Auction 298-307
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Lot# : 3422 Great Britain
1840: 1 d. black, plate 4, lettered KH - KL, an unused horizontal strip of five with full original gum, marginal from right of sheet "(tow)ards the RIGHT HAND", huge to large margins and minutely shaved in places, of excellent colour and appearance, minor creases and KH with trace of very faint stain and tiny tear at top, a stunning multiple. RPSL cert. (1983) Gi AS23 = £ 83'000+ (for two pairs and a single).rnProvenance: Collection W.G. Heath, Robson Lowe 14 Feb. 1962, lot 82.rnCollection Maximus, Stanley Gibbons 5/6 Feb. 1970 lot 83.rnCollection H.W. Fisher, Phillips, 22/23 Sept. 1983 lot 80.rnPhillips 27. Apr. 1988 lot 255.rnChristie's 18 Sep. 1990 lot 3133.Starting bid : 10,000 CHFHammer price : 25,000 CHF