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Lot# 10027 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 10027 Great Britain

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    May 6 (First Official Day of Use): 1d. intense black, plate 1a, lettered GI, margins clear to good, tied to large part wrapper by red Maltese Cross, the reverse struck with red "London Chief Office" c.d.s. (C MY - 6 1840), a fine and scarce first day usage. Cert RPSL (1973). Gi. AS1ta = £75,000.rnThe accompanying RPSL certificate notes "the piece is genuine and the stamp may have been used on it, but the proof is lacking through the weakness of the tie."  Robson Lowe, in his 1974 sale description of this wrapper, took issue with this opinion noting "with respect, in our opinion the stamp is clearly tied by the indentation of the cancellation and the percolation of the linseed oil (with which the cancelling ink was made) through the paper. We guarantee it to be genuine." In our opinion, Robson Lowe reached the correct conclusion.rnReference: Illustrated in "May Dates", by Michael Jackson, 1999, pages 36 and 37.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 20 November, 1974, lot 1011.rnrnrn 
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200 CHF