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Auction: 11001 - Winter Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 866

Great Britain Official Stamps Inland Revenue £1 brown-lilac, JB, watermark orbs, with overprint variety blue-black from the foot of the sheet, large part original gum with the merest trace of mounting on the stamp; light dealers handstamps on reverse and pencil annotation in the selvedge "given to C Nissen"< mentioned only for accuracy> neither of which are apparent at face, faintest trace of soiling; otherwise of good fresh colour. A magnificent example of this sole recorded overprint variety for which the S.G. listing is based. A gem of the highest magnitude. One of the great rarities of British philately and a superb stamp of optimum exhibition quality. S.G. O12a (wrongly listed as 011a in 2010 concise), £160,000. Photo Estimate £ 100,000-120,000 expertising: b.p.a certificate 1956 (mentions blue-black and unrecorded) r.p.s. certificate 1967 (does not mention blue-black) b.p.a. certificate 2003 (mentions blue-black) provenance: Earl of Crawford Charles Nissen William Frazer collection (sold by Spink, 2003)

Sold for
£80,000