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Lot# 1300 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 1300 Great Britain

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    1848, 1 d. red, plate 71, lettered PJ, Henry Archer Roulette Trial, approx. gauge 11.5, unused, with part gum, four good margins all round, very minor toning spot to upper west side, otherwise very fine, rare and attractive item. Cert RPSL (1946). Gi CE1 = £15'000. rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, 29 November 1946, lot 336; John Leask Collection, Robson Lowe, 14 April 1954, lot 316; Harmers, 26 January 1994, lot 659; Ex. Coxon Collection, Cavendish, 13 May 2020, lot 33.rnFormerly adjoined to the pair PH-PI, which are Ex. Wane (1941), Ex. Joseph Silkin (1971) and Venus collection (2015).rnhe formely adjoining stamp on the right, PK, was in the Colonel Bates (1934) and Dendy Marshall (1945) collections.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200 CHF