1858 2d. blue Plate 12, S.G.G2,

Estimate

8,000 - 9,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

Stamps

EG/GI block of 9, rich colour, light natural suffusion on the lower row, very slight creasing, full original gum. A VERY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE MULTIPLE. ONE OF THE LARGEST RECORDED BLOCKS OF THIS RARE PLATE.

Catalogue Note

PROVENANCE
Major-General Sir Leonard Atkinson, November 1990
Sir Gawaine Baillie, September 2004