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

1873/80: 6 d. grey, Plate 18, wmk. Spray, lettered TB, a magnificent imperforate Imprimatur from base of sheet with Plate Number '18' in margin, large even margins all round, small stain at upper right otherwise fresh and fine with part og. Extremely rare - this Plate Number example being unique in private hands Gi = £ 4'200+.rnrnNote: The 6 d. grey, Plate 18 was unissued on Spray watermark paper, just 22 stamps were cut from the Imprimatur sheet.rnrnProvenance: Collection Colonel Bates, Harmers, London, 3-5 Dec 1934, lot 597.rn                   Collection Beaumont, RL, London, 7-8 Dec 1965, lot 417.                  rn                   Stanley Gibbons, London, 19-21 Nov 1997, lot 1215.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas