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Lot# 6598 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 6598 Great Britain

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    1855, 1 d. red, plate 2, lettered SG-TG, die II, alphabet II, large crown wmk., unused, bottom marginal vertical pair, fresh colour, neatly centered, good perfs., showing the pin marks with a crudley corrected error, no gum, faint diagonal crease through TG, scarce example, attractive pair. SG Spec. C6(1) = £950 as two singles. rnRemark: The pair SG-TG originally adjoined the bottom marginal blocks SH/TI and SJ/TH which made a larger block with QH/RK, all of which are in the Mike Williams collection. rnReference: "Stamp Perforation: The Somerset House Years 1848 to 1880", by R. Simpson & P. Sargent, illustrated on page 142 and plate 4. 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF