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Lot# 10168 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 10168 Great Britain

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    1d. black, plate 10, block of four, lettered EG-FH, large to very large margins all around, including portion of adjoining stamps at right, cancelled with Maltese Crosses in red, a scarce colour on examples from this plate, barest trace of pressed crease, of no consequence for this rare multiple, an important exhibition piece. Gi. AS66.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, 24 January, 1945, as the original EJ-FL block of five; Collection "Victoria", Robson Lowe, 14 May, 1975, lot 37, as a block of five "...removed from a cover from Brecon."; Phillips, 7-8 May, 1987, lot 835, as the EG-FH  block of four; Collection Shaida, Harmers of Switzerland, 13 February, 1992, lot 319; Collection "Tes", Christies Robson Lowe, 5 October, 1995, lot 274; Collection Dr. Pichai Buranasombati, Shreves Philatelic Galleries, 15 March, 2001, lot 146; Collection Sayeed, Spink, May 2002, lot 2299.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF