Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 3

1870 (June) / 1878 (Dec): ½ d. deep rose-red, imperforate Imprimaturs (15) from all the issued plates from 1-20, each in a strong dark shade and with large margins all round, with Plates 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 11 all lettered TO, the plate 11 with slight surface blue line, Plates 3, 15 and 19 lettered TJ, Plates 10, 12, 13 and 14 lettered AJ, Plate 20 lettered AO. A superb and extremely rare complete set Gi = £ 14'250.rnProvenance: Phillips, London, 11 Nov 1993, lot 143.