Auction 250 - 256 Day 1

1858/79: 1 d. red, plates 71-225 inclusive, less of course, plate 77, the fresh unused set of 167 stamps with the rare plate 225 (Gi = £ 3'200) being fresh and fine, also an additional unused block of four from plate 138. A delightful and nowadays very rarely encountered complete set Gi = £ 15'000+.rnProvenance: for pl. 225, KB: 'Continental Philatelist' Collection, Stanley Gibbons, 16/17 Nov. 1972, lot 429 (in a block of four JB/KC)rnHarmers, London, 28 May 2003, lot 682 (cpl. set).