Lot 1581
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1852, 3d brown red, vertical stitch watermark (4, 4 var.), block of four from the top of the sheet with stitch watermark through left pair, deep rich color, large to huge margins, unused, right pair has slight thinning at top right mainly confined to margin, Very Fine and an important showpiece, Illustrated in Robson Lowe, The Encyclopedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, Vol. V, Colour Plate 1. Unitrade 4, 4x.
Estimate 10,000 - 12,000
THE ONLY RECORDED UNUSED BLOCK OF FOUR CONTAINING TWO EXAMPLES OF THE STITCH WATERMARK.
Expertization: 2002 B.P.A. Certificate.
Provenance: General Gill
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