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Lot# 4068 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 4068 Great Britain

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    1855 (Feb 27): 1 d. red-brown on blued paper, Die II, wmk. Small Crown, perf. 14, lettered AB-AG / DB-DG, the block of twenty-four of good colour, rounded corner perf. at top left, all struck by italic "Frank Ives Scudamore / Chief Examiner" handstamps in black, lower row with unobtrusive horizontal crease, fresh and fine, with large part og. A rare and most appealing multiple from the original find found by Scuda more's descendants in approx- 1988.rnNote: Frank Ives Scudamore (1823-1884) served with the Post Office from the age of 18. When the Offices of Accountant-General and Receiver-General were combined in 1852 Scudamore was appointed Chief Examiner of the combined new Department at Somerset House. He applied his handstamps as a method of defacement, normally to sheets of stamps that had been mis-perforated by Perkins Bacon. The above block however, is almost perfectly centred.rnReference: The Philatelist P.J.G.B., March April 1988, pages 77-78.rnProvenance: Sotheby's 9 May 1988.rn 
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF