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Lot# 4021 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 4021 Great Britain

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    1860: Prepared for use but not issued: 1½ d. rosy-mauve on blued paper, plate 1, an unused block of six (3 x 2), lettered LG-LI / MG-MI, of fabulous colour, the stamps brilliantly fresh and fine, superb large part og. with lower three stamps unmounted og. A magnificent multiple of consummate beauty and great rarity. A block of six is the largest recorded multiple of this stamp. Certs. BPA (2005), BPA (2019) Gi G5 = £ 51'000+.rnProvenance: Collection H.C.V. Adams, Robson Lowe, Feb 1956, lot 421. Described as "Brilliant Mint"; Mercury Stamp Auction number 128, New York, 12 April 1957, lot 1272. Probably property of Rothschild; Collection Josiah K. Lilly, Siegel, New York, 15 March 1967, lot 23; Christies, London, 9 May 1990; Spink, London, 17 Dec 1997, lot 1526; Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 29 Sept-1 Oct 2004, lot 196; Collection Dimitris Bertsimas, Siegel, New York, 19 March 2019, lot 3023.rn                    
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold