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Lot# 1338 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 1338 Great Britain

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    1876, Plate Proof, 1 s., plate 13, lettered RJ, printed in black on thick white card, imperforate, neat margins all round, has thin top left corner visible from front, however an attractive and scarce example with excellent philatelic pedigree. SG150 = £2'000.rnRemarks: All recorded proofs are from a block of twelve, lettered RI-TL, of which the block of four lettered SI-TJ was ex. Dr. Latto collection and the adjoining SK-TJ are in the Royal collection. The adjoining example to this proof, lettered RK, is in the collection of Bob Galland. rnProvenance: Ex. Maximus Collection (Ronald A.G. Lee), Stanley Gibbons, 5-6 February 1970, lot 545; Stanley Gibbons, 8-9 March 1973, lot 468; Ex. The Chartwell Collection, Sir Cyril Humphrey Cripps, Spink, 12-13 October 2011, lot 392; David Feldman, 18 June 2021, lot 70370.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF