Auction 250 - 256 Day 1

1840: 1 d. black, plate 5, lettered DL/EL, an unused vertical pair, with ample to large margins all round and showing portion of adjoining stamp at lower left, in a deep matt shade, horizontal bend between the stamps,minor aging but of fresh appearance and fine, with large part slightly cracked og. An extremely rare multiple. Cert. BPA (2019) Gi AS25 = £ 55'000.rnProvenance: Phillips Auction, 8 May 1987 (for a block of four DK/EL)