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Lot# 13 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 13 Great Britain

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    1855: 1 d. red-brown on lightly blued paper, Die II, Alphabet III, wmk. Large Crown, plate 35,  two blocks of twelve, ED/HF and EG/HI forming an unused block of twenty-four, thins and some gum creasing as usual for such a large multiple, of fine colour and large part og. As a block of twenty-four the largest recorded multiple of plate 35 in the Karl Louis card index. Gi C8(1) = £ 5'750+.rnNote: The adjoining block of twelve ID/JI is in the Mike Williams collection.rnProvenance: Harold W. Fisher, Phillip's, 22-23. Sep. 1983, lot 393, then part of a rejoined block of 50; Phillip's, 19. Feb. 1987, lot 464.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF