Lot# 4187 - Auction 321-332

Abnormal 1877: 4 d. sage green, Plate 17, wmk. Large Garter upright, lettered CC, a used example of the abnormal, cancelled by part 'Bradford / Yorks / 107' duplex in black leaving the Plate Number clear at left. A superb example of this great rarity which only exists used: just 28 examples are recorded (including one in the National Postal Museum and another in the collection of His Majesty King Charles III), most are found used in Bradford. Cert. RPSL (1995) Gi J66 = £ 20'000.rnNote: Tthe first 4d sage green abnormal plate 17 was found and reported in the Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, June 1895, page 95: "Mr. Morley writes to us that he has discovered a used copy of the 4d sage green, plate 17, wmk Garter". The majority found to date bear the "107" BRADFORD  numeral cancellation.rnProvenance: Collection Heinz Reck, Phillips, London, 2 Nov 1994, lot 477; Phillips, London, 16 Feb 1995, lot 227; Tony Lester, Coventry, 16 Aug 2003, lot 544.rn