Auction 250 - 256 Day 1

1840: 1 d. intense black, plate 6, lettered HI, State 1, an unused example with good to large margins all round, in a wonderfully deep true intense shade from the early impressions, showing the upper right corner square with weak sideline, fresh and extremely fine, superb large part og. A rarity in the most outstanding quality. Cert. BPA (1981) Gi AS40 = £ 18'000.rnrnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 19 Jan 1966, lot 620.rn                       Harmers, London, 31 Jan 1972, lot 96.rn                       Robson Lowe, London, 8-9 Sept 1971, lot 1157.rn