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Lot# 3550 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 3550 Great Britain

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    1841: 1 d. red-brown on blued, Alphabet II, plate 145, lettered SG-SL / TG - TL, an unused full og. corner marginal block of twelve, horizontal crease through S row and some minor soiling, huge margins on all sides and wonderful depth of colour, showing full "(tow)ards the RIGHT HAND SIDED of the Letter. In Wetting the Back be careful not to remove the Cement" imprint and Plate Number 145 in margin. A spectacular and choice multiple Gi = £ 9'600+.rnProvenance: As a block of 18 RG/TL:rnCollection J.B. Seymour, Robson Lowe, 30. Apr. 1952, lot 499rnAs a block of 12 SG/TL:rnCollection "A Continental Philatelist", Stanley Gibbons, 16/17 No. 1972, lot 391.rnCollection Chartwell, Spink, 29. June 2011, lot 1275.rn 
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF