Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 145 - Award Winning Collections Sale
Lot: 4

Great Britain Plate V The Award Winning Medina Collection A wonderful and highly specialized collection of this most interesting Plate of the World´s first Postage Stamp. Well written up and housed in three albums. Comprising nearly 540 Penny Blacks (with thirty-three on covers, fifteen of these with red Maltese Cross cancellations) and accompanied by over 250 printed in red all with black Maltese Cross cancellations. The collection includes a full reconstruction of the 240 different letterings, four blocks of four (DC-ED, GG-HH, GK-HL and SK-TL, three of these with red Maltese Cross cancellations) and two strips of four (EA-ED, LA-LD, the latter on cover with red Maltese Cross cancellations), all from the printings in black. The numerous States and Repairs of this fascinating Plate are well represented and illustrated. The condition is mostly fine to very fine with several items having impressive pedigrees. A truly wonderful study of the world´s most famous stamp, representing many years of careful studious research, and would be very difficult to replicate

Estimate
$160,000 to $200,000