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Lot# 10192 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 10192 Great Britain

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    2d. deep full blue, plate 1, block of four, lettered BI-CJ, mostly close to good margins, shaved at left, full original gum, radiant colour, a few light creases not visible from the front, a tremendously rare and most attractive block. Cert BPA (1965, copy of certificate for block of six from which this originates), . Gi. DS1 = £175,000.rnReference: Article: "Pick of the Pack - 1840, Twopence Plate 1 Mint Blocks", by Karl Louis, Great Britain Philatelic Society, GB Journal, November 2023. rnProvenance: Harmer, 26-27 April 1937, lot 161; Harmer, 14 November 1950, lot 376; Robson Lowe, 12 October 1965, lot 103; 61. Corinphila auction, 11 March 1980, lot 1915; R.J. Cooley Collection, Shreves, 23 September 1995, lot 277; Dr. Pichai Buranasombati Collection, Shreves, 15 March 2001, lot 202; The Bill Gross Collection, 11 June 2007, lot 42. rn 
    Starting bid : 30,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 30,000 CHF