Auction 220 (part 2): EUROPE & OVERSEAS

1862 (August): 'Abnormal' 3 d. rose, plate 3, wmk. Emblems, perf. 14, lettered I-K, with 'White Dots', a fine used example of this great rarity - lightly cancelled by 927 obliterator of Yarmouth, Norfolk in black leaving the 'White Dot' below the foliate ornament clear at right. A superb example of this stamp in much above average condition with none of the faults usually found on this Abnormal. Cert. (1955) Gi = £ 17'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Beaumont, 1965.rn                        Collection Silkin, 1971.rnrnThe history of the first discovery of the 1862, 3d. plate 3 with ‘secret dots’: extract from ‘Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal’ 30 April 1895, page 164.rn rnThe 3d. plate 3 with ‘secret dots’ was first discovered in the 1890’s:  “….only one copy of this stamp is known to exist used. It was in the collection of the late Mr. G.W.Binns of Manchester, and sold by him to the late Mr. Tapling. It is now in the British Museum. Mr. Beckton informs me that perforated copies are being offered in London unused, but they are perforated with the one penny machine, and appear quite different to the specimen in the Tapling collection. These (unused) stamps are said to have been found in the effects of an official at Somerset House, and to have been perforated many years ago.”rn rnAnother 3d. plate 3 with ‘secret dots’, lettered II, also cancelled by the ‘927’ obliterator of YARMOUTH is said to be in the British Library.rn rn 
Catalogue 220: Europe & Overseas