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Auction: 21040 - Stamps and Postal History of Great Britain
Lot: 1140

(x) Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate Ib
KB-KE horizontal strip of four, KD showing variety 'recut side-line, necessitated by burr rub following re-entering - left side', superb large margins all around, good deep colour, very fine and attractive, each cancelled by neat black Maltese Cross. Pröschold BPP handstamp on reverse. K.A. Louis BPP Certificate (2018), Specialised AS5, AS5h. Photo

provenance:
Stanley Gibbons Auctions (1974)

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£1,800

Starting price
£1800