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Lot# 3501 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 3501 Great Britain

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    Official 1840: VR 1 d. black, unissued Official, an unused block of four, marginal from left of sheet "the Labels ABOVE the Address and tow(ards)", lettered KA-KB / LA-LB, large even margins all round, horizontal crease through LA,LB, large part og. A tremendously rare multiple, most surviving examples of the VR 1 d. black are single examples. Superb Gi = £ 125'000.rnProvenance: ex Dublin Find (1899); Plumridge &Co (1901); Earl of Crawford (1901-1911); William Sparrow 1912; Charles Nissen (1912); Edward Granger (in a block of 36 JA/LL); acquired by Robson Lowe from Granger in Exchange for Robson Lowe's St. Vincent collection (ca. 1960); Phillips 16. Nov. 1989 Lot 145rnReference: illustrated in The Dublin Find, Madden/Louis page 29.rn  
    Starting bid : 40,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 60,000 CHF