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Lot# 4069 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 4069 Great Britain

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    1867 (March 8): 6 d. mauve, with hyphen, wmk. Spray, Plate 6, lettered FE-FH / GE-GH, an unused block of eight of rich colour and fine appearance, one stamp with small mark on gum, otherwise very fresh and fine, large part og. with lower four stamps unmounted og. An extraordinarily rare multiple - the largest recorded Gi J75(1) = £ 22'000.rnProvenance: Collection Sugden, Harmers, London, 21-23 May 1951, lot 743; Collection Maurice Burrus, Shanahan, Dublin, sale 102, June 5-6 1959, lot 166; Collection Maurice Burrus, RL, London, 30 Oct 1963, lot 306; Collection Ernest Dale, SG, London, 10-11 June 1969, lot 297; Collection Harrison-Cripps, SG, London, 27 Oct 1972, lot 178; Collection John O. Griffiths, SG, London, 12 Feb 1981, lot 131; RL, London, 11-12 Jan 1984, lot 576; RL, London, 9-10 June 1993, lot 2311; Collection "Besançon", Corinphila sale 251, Zurich, 7 Sept 2020, lot 3142.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF