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Auction: 21012 - Stamps & Covers of Great Britain, including the Windsor Collection - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 2335

Great Britain
1840 Two Penny Blue
Plate 2
PG-RJ deep blue block of twelve (4x3), RH constant variety, RI-RJ shifted transfer, large to close margins all round, a little coarsely cut at top, unused without gum with some pressed creases, QG with closed tear. Nevertheless a striking multiple with a beguiling deep blue shade and one of the largest unused multiples from this Plate extant. R.P.S. Certificate (2001), together with a letter confirming prevenance from Mr. Michael Sefi, the then Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection, to Lord Steinberg. S.G. DS7. Photo

provenance:
Royal Philatelic Collection, Spink, May 2001
Lord Steinberg, Sotheby's, September 2011



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Sold for
£130,000

Starting price
£32000