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Lot# 3427 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 3427 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered HI-HJ / II-IJ, a used block of four in a deep shade, ample to good margins all round, neatly tied to large piece of 1840 cover to Stratford on Avon by Maltese Crosses in red, faint filing crease through HI-HJ, but a very early usage of a large multiple for the quadruple rate - dated on reverse May 13, 1840, in the first fortnight of use. Rare Gi AS2 = £ 24'000.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe 8 July 1959, lot 152.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold