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Lot# 4080 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 4080 Great Britain

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    1867 (July 1): 2 s. milky blue, wmk. Spray, plate 1, an unused example lettered EB, in this, the true pale milky shade, large part og. A magnificent example of this rarity, without doubt one of the finest known. Certs. BPA (1983) and (2008) Gi J118(5) = £ 24'000.rnProvenance: Originally from a block of six DA-DC / EA-EC possibly larger. The block split in circa 1969; Collection Silkin, Harmers, London, 14-16 June 1971, lot 437. As a pair EB-EC; Robson Lowe, 21 Nov 1972, lot 380. The single example of EB as offered above; Phillips, London, 2 Nov 1989, lot 142; Collection Lady Mairy Bury, Sotheby's, London, 24-26 Nov 2010.rnrnNote: Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 29 Sept-1 Oct 2004, lot 391 contained the pair DB-DC; Collection Dimitris Bertsimas, Siegel, New York, 19 March 2019, lot 3058 contained the pair DB-DC.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 9,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold