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Lot# 4067 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 4067 Great Britain

    1871: 3 d. deep rose, wmk. Spray, plate 7, an unused block of eight (4 x 2) lettered CA-CD / DA-DD, sheet marginal at left, of vivid fresh colour and dramatic appearance, large part og. or unmounted og. A splendid and beautiful multiple Gi J32 = £ 7'200.rnProvenance: Collection Harmers, London, 26-27 Nov 1981, lot 707 (as a block of nineteen AA-AD / EA-EC); Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 29 Sept-1 Oct 2004, lot 242; Collection Dimitris Bertsimas, Siegel, New York, 19 March 2019, lot 3031. Sadly, subsequently split into two blocks of eight and three remaining letterings EA, EB, EC.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,500 CHF