Auction 250 - 256 Day 1

1867 (March 8): 6 d. mauve, Plate 6, with hyphen, wmk. Spray, lettered FE-FH / GE-GH, an unused block of eight of rich colour and fine appearance, one stamp with small mark on gum, otherwise very fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. An extraordinarily rare multiple - the largest recorded Gi J75(1) = £ 22'000.rnProvenance: Collection Maurice Burrus, Shanahan, Dublin, sale 102, June 5-6 1959, lot 166; Collection Maurice Burrus, RL, London, 30 Oct 1963, lot 306; Collection Ernest Dale, SG, London, 10-11 June 1969, lot 297; Collection Harrison-Cripps, SG, London, 27 Oct 1972, lot 178; Collection John O. Griffiths, SG, London, 12 Feb 1981, lot 131; RL, London, 11-12 Jan 1984, lot 576; RL, London, 9-10 June 1993, lot 2311.