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Lot# 3134 - Auction 284 - 290

  • Lot# : 3134 Barbados

    Recess by Perkins Bacon 1858: 1 s. black, an unused block of sixteen (4 x 4), marginal from upper left corner of the sheet with large margins all round, from a very clear printing, one or two wrinkles, unused without gum. Illustrated in 'The Stamps of Barbados' by Edmund Bayley on page 30. A rare and spectacular multiple, the largest known Gi = £ 3'600+.rnProvenance: Collection Claude Cartier, SG, London, 21 April 1977, lot 11.rn 
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,800 CHF