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Lot# 10207 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 10207 Great Britain

    2d. blue, plate 2, lettered NK-NL, unused, part original gum, margins touching at left, else large including sheet margin at right, with partial "Back be careful not..." inscription, deep colour, horizontal crease, repairs to NK, but a fine appearing and extremely rare unused marginal pair. Gi. DS8 = £100,000.rnProvenance: (as part of a larger block) Collection G. Mackay block (1898); Puttick & Simpson auction, 29-30 October 1901; Stanley Gibbons auction, 21 May 1975, lot 301; R.J. Cooley Collection, Shreves, 29 September 1995, lot 289.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,600 CHF