Lot 79
1841 1d Red-brown Pl.132-175 (SG 8-12, Imperforate, Die I, Alphabet II, Wmk. Small Crown).
The Phillips Collection of Great Britain | Part IV | S24008
Auction: 9 July 2024 at 11:00 BST
Description
1841 1d Red-brown Pl.132-175 (SG 8-12, Imperforate, Die I, Alphabet II, 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 etc…), positional/plate number pieces, constant varieties, re-entry's, double letters, multiple states of certain letterings per plate and forty one watermark inverted examples (from the following plates Pl.132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148 pair, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173 & 174 some of the later plates offered with watermark inverted SG17's. Catalogue price of over £16,000 as used watermark inverted examples alone). A magnificent study of these imperforate 1d Red-brown issues. SG8-12, Spec. B2. (Many hundreds).
