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Auction: 12021 - The Chartwell Collection - GB Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps and Covers - Part IV
Lot: 332

1841-53 One Penny Red-Brown
The Black Plates
Plate 10
QA-TD corner block of sixteen in red-brown on blued paper, with full even margins showing the plate number and marginal inscription, with full original gum; some paper adherences in the lower margin, probably from the original mounting and two reinforcements in the side margin repairing a couple of tears well clear of the design and a few minor tone spots in the side margin. A very fresh, stunning and important multiple. Catalogued at £66,000 as four normal blocks of four

Sold for
£24,000