274th - 283th Corinphila Auction - Day 7

Double Heads 1910/13: 3 d. claret & pale yellow-ochre, perf. 15, an unused block of four, corner marginal from upper right of sheet in this soft delicate shade with some dotting from the claret ink, well centred with sheet number '227' in black, thin in sheet margin at top, otherwise very fresh and fine, large part og. Just two blocks of four are recorded, the other being in the Vestey collection (Spink, March 2015, lot 438). A rarity of the Double Head issues and an exceptional multiple of this rare stamp Gi = £ 16'000+.