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Auction: 11033 - Autumn Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2241

Great Britain 1840 One Penny Black Plate II SD-TE (TE with re-entry), unused block of four without gum from the foot of the sheet showing part inscription "Sheet. Place the Labels ABOVE the", large balanced margins all round, the inscription showing clear doubling in places; the upper pair with pressed diagonal crease mostly confined to SD and TE with natural paper wrinkle, the block having been cleaned giving it a bright white appearance. An exceptionally rare multiple from this plate and of fine appearance. Photo Estimate £ 25,000-30,000 provenance: The Major General Sir Leonard Atkinson, November 1990 Robert. J. Cooley, September 1995 William. H. Gross, June 2007

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£20,000