1840 1d. black Plate 7 Experimental thin paper, S.G.AS44,

Estimate

60,000 - 70,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

Stamps

DE/EF block of 4, large margins, exceptional colour, DE with a faint trace of a tone, light gum wrinkles associated with this experimental paper, original gum, the lower pair unmounted. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND VERY RARE MINT BLOCK.

Catalogue Note

PROVENANCE
The Earl of Crawford
R.B. Sparrow
Baron Anthony de Worms
Charles Nissen
Major General Sir Leonard Atkinson, July 1990
Sir Gawaine Baillie, September 2004