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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.
Lot 4 Great Britain 1840 2d blue
- Scott 2
- SG 6
Great Britain, 1840, Two-Pence Blue (Scott 2; Stanley Gibbons 5). Block of 48 from the bottom four rows of Plate 2, lettered QA-QL, RA-RL, SA-SL and TA-TL, full sheet margins and imprint stating the price per stamp, row and sheet, and giving instructions for applying stamp to letter:
"PRICE 2d. Per Label. 2s/- Per Row of 12. £2... Per Sheet. Place the Labels ABOVE the Addrefs and towards the RIGHT HAND SIDE of the Letter. In Wetting the Back be careful not to remove the Cement.
Plate number “2” at bottom right and left corners—unused multiples from Plate 2 are considerably rarer than those from Plate 1; Positions QL, RI and TA are the only re-entries found on Plate 2
Original gum in Mint Never-Hinged state; brilliant color and impression on bright fresh paper; light vertical creasing from gum
EXTREMELY FINE. THE BUCCLEUCH BLOCK IS THE LARGEST MULTIPLE OF EITHER OF THE WORLD'S FIRST TWO POSTAGE STAMP ISSUES OWNED PRIVATELY OR IN A MUSEUM.
Ex Gordon P. Bailey, Renato Mondolfo, Hassan Shaida and Guido Craveri.
(app. 4248673 EUR)