Lot 188
o
Canada, 1858, Queen Victoria, ½d rose (Unitrade 11), block of 20; severely damaged when removed from the parcel it once franked, the block has been digitally recreated from two large fragments which include three intact stamps (in the middle of the bottom row) plus most of the lower left stamp, about three-quarters of the lower right stamp and parts of the 15 other stamps in the original block, which is identified as being from positions 40-44/76-80 in the original pane of 120 or positions 32-36/62-66 in the reduced pane of 100. Scott 11.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
The half-penny, when first issued in 1857, was printed in sheets of 120 stamps (10 rows of 12 stamps). However, the perforating machines that came into use in late 1858 were capable of perforating only sheets of 100. Accordingly, the printer removed the first two vertical rows from the printing plate leaving 100 stamps in 10 rows of 10 stamps. Interestingly, had the printer removed the last two vertical rows from the plate instead of the first two, none of the re-entries that exist on the ½d imperforate would exist on its perforated counterpart.
|
| |
| Realized $2,100 |
