1914 (Sept 3): GRI 3 d. on 25 pf. black & red on yellow, the famous
unused example, variety "Comma after "I" in G.R.I.", fresh and
1914 (Sept 3): GRI 3 d. on 25 pf. black & red on yellow, the famous
unused example, variety "Comma after "I" in G.R.I.", fresh and very
fine, unused without gum. Believed to be the sole recorded example
of this stamp. Signed Holcombe. Cert. Holcombe (1998) Michel 5PF1 =
€ 5'000 /Gibbs 5a / Gi = £ 5'000. Note: This stamp lost its gum on
the night of September 24, 1940, when the vault at Chancery Lane
Safe Deposit, where the Marquess's valuable stamp collection was
stored, was flooded during a German air raid. Provenance:
Collection Marquess of Bute, Robson Lowe, London, 29 April 1959,
lot 329; Corinphila, sale 133, June 2002, lot 655