Auction 250 - 256 Day 2

Recess by De La Rue from the Perkins Bacon Plates 1876: 6 d. blue-green, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14, a used horizontal strip of four on 1875 double rate cover to Glasgow cancelled by four strikes of the English Harbour "A18" obliterator in black; reverse with "English Harbour / Antigua" datestamp (April 11) and Glasgow (April 28) arrival cds. Strengthened file fold through the addressee's name, a famous and very rare cover.rnProvenance: Collection H, Douglas Bessemer, Harmers, London, 14-15 Feb 1963, lot 58; Collection Frederick Mayer, Spink, London, 21 Oct 2004, lot 2171.