Lot 26
1850 1d Blue "Prince Consort" Essay (Finished design) Unused.

The Phillips Collection of Great Britain | Part 2 | 5958
Auction: 16 January 2024 at 10:00 GMT
£27,600
Description
1850 1d Blue "Prince Consort" Essay (Finished design). Unused o.g. example printed in blue on unwatermarked, perf 16 paper, lettered FJ. Believed to be unique in private hands and one of only three recorded examples, of which one is in the British Postal Museum and the other is in the Royal Philatelic Collection. Slight thin at left. 2005 BPA Cert Spec. DP71(3)b. Cat £25,000.

