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Lot# 4068 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 4068 Great Britain

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    1867 (June 21): 6 d. lilac, with hyphen, wmk. Spray, plate 6, an unused horizontal pair lettered OE-OF, marginal at base with "6 Pence" imprint under second stamp (the balance of the lower marginal imprint has been inexplicably cut off but is still with the pair), fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Certs. RPSL (1970), BPA (2019) Gi J75(1) = £ 3'800+.rnProvenance: As a bloc of four NE/OF:rnCollection "Maximus" (R.A.G. Lee), Stanley Gibbons, 5-6 Feb 1970, lot 476; Collection Harrison-Cripps, Stanley Gibbons, 27 Oct 1972, lot 177;  Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 29 Sept-1 Oct 2004, lot 311; Collection Dimitris Bertsimas, Siegel, New York, 19 March 2019, lot 3041.rnThe block was then split into two horizontal pairs, of which this is undoubtedly the finer.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF