Auction #693 - Flagship US, British and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Great Britain, 1840, Queen Victoria 1st Issue, 2d blue (SG 5), plate 1, PB—PJ, strip of 9, black Maltese cross cancels, bright color, good margin virtually all the way across bottom and at right, touching at left, top mostly just in; vertical crease between PF/BG and in PJ, small cut into bottom of PG, Very Good to Fine appearance. A very rare large multiple.
Scott 2; $8,100 as singles.
SG £6,300 as singles ($9,760).
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.