Lot 183
GB SG 489 var block mint

Timed Sale: The Academic Collection Part 6 | ES26015
Auction: 2026-03-20 16:00 GMT - 2026-04-10 10:00 BST
Estimate: £100 - £140
Description
1941-51 2½d light ultramarine o.g. block of twenty-one, hinged on the tope left stamp and selvedge only. Shows a variable dry print mostly affecting the seven left-hand stamps,, resulting in no control or cylinder numbers. SG 489 var
Footnote
Collector's note states, 'Believed to have been purchased from Todmorden GPO in April 1948.'

