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  • Lot# : 4123 Great Britain

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    1882: Prepared for use but not issued; 1 s. purple, wmk. Crown, plate 13, comb perf. 14, the remarkable collection with two sheet marginal examples and two horizontal pairs - nearly half of all the recorded examples - all overprinted "SPECIMEN" in black (Type 9). The printed sheets without Specimen overprint were all destroyed on 13 January 1886.rnrn1 s. purple, wmk. Crown, plate 13, comb perf. 14. Horizontal pair, lettered BC-BD, of wonderful fresh colour and large part og., formerly adjoining stamp BB which is housed in the National Postal Museum in London. Cert BPA (2020).rnrn1 s. purple, wmk. Crown, plate 13, comb perf. 14. Sheet marginal single lettered CA with manuscript "Prepared but not issued, Febr. 1883" on margin, fresh and very fine, large part og. Cert. BPA (2019).rnrn1 s. purple, wmk. Crown, plate 13, comb perf. 14. Sheet marginal single lettered DA, the adjoining stamp to the previous example, fresh and fine, large part og. Cert. BPA (2017).rnrn1 s. purple, wmk. Crown, plate 13, comb perf. 14. The second horizontal pair (only these two pairs are recorded), lettered EB-EC, also of wonderful fresh colour, small corner wrinkle on EC mentioned for full accuracy, large part og. Illustrated in "Surface Printed Stamps" by Galland & Louis on page 184. Cert. BPA (2017).rnrnJust 16 examples are recorded by Galland & Louis in "Surface Printed Stamps", of which two are in the National Postal Museum and one in the collection of His Majesty King Charles III.This unbelievable assembly represents both the recorded extant multiples of this stamp, and 6 examples of the 13 reported examples in private hands.rnrnProvenances: Recorded letterings: AA, AC, AD, BC-BD, CA, CB, DA, DD, EA, EB-EC. All 16 from top left of sheet.rnrn                       BC-BD pair: Phillips, London, 6 Sept 1990, lot 330.rn                       Collection "Layton", Stanley Gibbons, London, 9 March 1995, lot 1363.rn                       Grosvenor, London, 13 Oct 1998, lot 238.rn                       Collection "Besançon", Corinphila sale 251, 7 Sept 2020, lot 3203.rnrn                       CA marginal single: "Post Office Treasure Trove" Robson Lowe, 15 Oct 1947, lot 31 (as  a horizontal pair).rn                       Harmers, London, 12-14 Dec 1955, lot 322 (as a horizontal pair).rn                       Collection Christopher Beresford, Sotheby's, London, 24 Nov 1987, lot 491 (as a single).rn                       Collection "Besançon", Corinphila sale 239, Zurich, 12 June 2019, lot 3149.rnrn                       DA marginal single: No previous record of this stamp in the Karl Louis card Index.rnrn                       EB-EC horizontal pair: Harmers, London, 18 Nov 1986, lot 117.
    Starting bid : 20,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 24,000 CHF