Lot 34
Ceylon SG 387-e Plate number collection mint
Auction: 30 January 2026 at 14:30 GMT
Description
1938-49 3c mint Plate number pieces collection. Perf 13 x 11½ FP 1A block (streaky gum) and 1-1B bottom two rows (few specks of foxing on reverse and right selvedge splitting away); perf 13½ with Plate 5-2B bottom row and 3A-7 bottom five rows; pairs with FP1A, 2A, 3A-7, 3B-6, 3B-7 (rounded corner), 3A-8, 3B-8, 3A-9, 3B-9 and blocks of four with 4A-9, 5A-10B and 5B-10A. Perf 11½ x 11 blocks of four or larger with 5-10, 6-11, 7-11, 8a-10a, 8-13, 11-13, 11a-13a, 11-14 and 11a-14a; pairs with 6a-10a, 6a-11a (2), 7-10, 7-11a, 8-10, 9-10, 9a-10a, 9-11a, 9-12, 9a-12a, 9-13 and 9-13a. Perf 12 unused block of 24 with 5A-10B (poor), bottom half-sheets with 7B-12B and 12A-13A, blocks of four or larger 5B-10A and 5B-10B (both re-entered), 7A-12A, 9A-12B and 11B-13A. A fine collection, ex David Wood. SG 387-e