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The purchase price payable by the buyer will be the sum of the final bid and a commission of 18% of the final bid (“buyer’s premium”), together with any sales tax, use tax or customs duties due on the sale.
拍項 4002 大不列顛1840黑便士
- Scott 1
- SG 2
Great Britain, 1840, 1p Black (1; SG 2). Plate 2, lettered F-A to H-B, block of six with large part of the imprint "In Wetting the Back be careful not to remove the Cem(ent)" margin at left, other margins large to full, original gum, top stamps with minor h.r., bottom four stamps without hinge, exceptionally strong shade with a superbly detailed impression, faint horizontal crease between top and second pairs (margin between "F" and "G" row) EXTREMELY FINE. A STRIKING AND SUPERB IMPRINT BLOCK OF SIX OF THE PENNY BLACK FROM PLATE 2. WIDELY REGARDED AS THE FINEST SURVIVING MULTIPLE OF THIS PLATE IN PRIVATE HANDS. AN EXCEPTIONAL ITEM OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER AND DESTINED FOR A WORLD-CLASS EXHIBIT OR IMPORTANT LINE ENGRAVED COLLECTION. Penny Black multiples of this size with full original gum, large margins -- particularly with an imprint margin, and completely sound are monumental rarities. From the Jan. 1970 Robson Lowe sale (Lot 103). Ex "Dr. S". With 1991 E. Diena and 1993 B.P.A. certificate
(app. 85330 EUR)