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Lot# 30374 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 30374 Victoria

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    Beaded Oval 1860/66: 3 d. bright blue, Saunders wmk. Three Pence, perf. 12, 7th printing (second Setting), the unused irregular block of fifteen, a block of nine and three rejoined pairs, showing part of watermark (POS)TAGE in sheet margin at left, some natural creasing and one stamp aged, the lower pair showing a double row of horizontal perforations at top, generally fresh and very fine, without gum. Illustrated in "The Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow RDP on page 131. A famous and spectacular large multiple that has graced four major collections.rnrnProvenance: Collection M.H. Horsley (1910) as a block of nine.rn                     Collection Alfred H. Caspary, Harmers, London, 6-9 Oct 1958, lot 796 (as a block of nine).rn                     Collection Maurice Burrus, RL, London, 11 Feb 1964, lot 633 (as a block of nine).rn                     Collection J.R.W. Purves, RL, Geneva, 27 Nov 1980, lot 2121 (as a block of thirteen).rn                     Collection Rod Perry, DF, Zurich, 16-21 Nov 1987, lot 20360 (as a block of fifteen).rn                     Spink, London, 12 May 2005.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,000 CHF