1d. black, plate 4, block of four, lettered RA - SB, good to large
margins all around, cancelled with red Maltese Crosses, small
repair at
1d. black, plate 4, block of four, lettered RA - SB, good to large
margins all around, cancelled with red Maltese Crosses, small
repair at foot and RB with negligible surface scratch, neither
detracting from the visual appeal of this otherwise fine and rare
multiple. Gi. AS23 = £18,000 Provenance: Renato Mondolfo, Catalogue
11, 1969 Collection Michael Lea, 1978, identified as a Wincanton
Maltese Cross. Collection Shaida, Harmers of Switzerland, 13
February, 1992, lot 180 Stanley Gibbons, 23-24 May, 1996, lot 1402
Cavendish, 27 September, 1996, lot 395 Spink London, 11 June, 1997,
lot 81 Collection Sayeed, Spink London, May 2002, lot 2191