1840 2d. blue Plate 2, S.G.DS8,

RA/SC horizontal marginal block of 6 from the left of the sheet, large margins apart from SC which is touched in the lower right corner, rich colour, unused. B.P.A. Certificate 1999 states "extensively repaired – paper filled on reverse and heavy creases criss-cross block with thins and pin holes – unused is genuine." VERY FEW UNUSED MULTIPLES LARGER THAN BLOCKS OF FOUR FROM PLATE TWO EXIST.

PROVENANCE
Maurice Burrus, 1963
H.C. Gubbins, December 1998
Dr Pichai Buranasombati, March 2001