1855: 2 d. blue on blued paper, Die I, Alphabet III, wmk. Large
Crown, plate 6, perf. 14, lettered PE-PF / QE-QF, an unused block
of four,
1855: 2 d. blue on blued paper, Die I, Alphabet III, wmk. Large
Crown, plate 6, perf. 14, lettered PE-PF / QE-QF, an unused block
of four, showing the PE and QE prominent reentries, closed tear at
top of PE and one short perf on QF and small natural paper
inclusion on QE, otherwise of fine fresh colour, large part og. A
very rare and attractive multiple Gi F7 = £ 17'000. Provenance:
RPSL Jubilee Exhibition (May 1935); Collection J.B. Seymour, Robson
Lowe, 29. Oct. 1952, lot 164; Stanley Gibbons, 9. May 1985, lot
609; Collection 'Great Britain The Line Engraved Issus 1840–1870',
The Åke Rietz Collection, Corinphila 7 June 2023