Lot 78
1841 1d Red-brown Pl.46-131 (SG 8-12, Imperforate, Alphabet I, Wmk. Small Crown). A magnificent used group
The Phillips Collection of Great Britain | Part IV | S24008
Auction: 9 July 2024 at 11:00 BST
Description
1841 1d Red-brown Pl.46-131 (SG 8-12, Imperforate, Alphabet I, Wmk. Small Crown). A magnificent used group of mostly four margin imperforate 1841 1d Red-brown nearly all cancelled by numeral cancellations (Several blue numeral cancelations). Including several shades, multiples (Pairs, strips, blocks and even an entire row), positional/plate number pieces, constant varieties, re-entry's, double letters, multiple states of certain letterings per plate and seventy watermark inverted examples (from the following plates Pl.46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 76, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130 & 131. Catalogue price of over £28,000 as x70 used watermark inverted examples alone). A magnificent study of these imperforate 1d Red-brown issues. SG8-12, Spec. BS35-91. (Many hundreds).
