Day 3 - Great Britain, British Colonies, Pre-Union South Africa - the Besançon Collection (Part Ii)

1840: 1 d. grey-black, Plate 11, lettered JK-JL, a horizontal pair with huge margins on three sides and close but clear at left, cancelled by two strikes of the Maltese Cross in black. Minimal wrinkle but an absolutely lovely and extremely rare multiple from this most elusive of Plates Gi AS72 = £ 18'000.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 16-17 July 1936, lot 17.rn                        Collection Litchfield, RL, London, 1 Oct 1950, lot 215.rn                        Phillips, London, 29 Oct 19992, lot 238.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas