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Lot# 4020 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 4020 Great Britain

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    1860: Prepared for use but not issued: 1½ d. rosy-mauve on blued paper, plate 1, an unused corner marginal block of four from the loweer right corner of the sheet, lettered SK-SL / TK-TL, showing part marginal inscription "(Care)ful not to remove the Cement" at base and Plate Number '1' obscured by the perforations; of fabulous rich colour, the stamps brilliantly fresh and fine, merest hint of vertical gum bend at right on superb large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. A magnificent multiple of great rarity. Cert. BPA (2021) Gi G5 = £ 34'000+.rnProvenance: Collection Lady Joan Joicey, Spink, London, 18 Nov 2021.rnrnThe earliest record of unissued 1½d rosy mauves was to the best of our knowledge in the 1894 Royal Philatelic Society 25th Anniversary Exhibition in the Avery collection. As far as one can determine this block was sold in a Puttick & Simpson sale of 29-30 October 1901 in London; still as a block of six SJ-SL / Tj-TL. The 'missing' vertical pair SJ/TJ has not been recorded since.
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold