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Auction: 25029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 2331

(x) Great Britain
1854-57
Watermark Large Crown, Perf. 14
2d. deep blue, LE, Plate VI, superb unmounted mint, a touch patchy at the upper right, in beautiful deep shade, notably fresh and rare as such. Spec. F7, S.G. 35, £2,500

provenance:
Christies Robson Lowe, 18 June 1996, Lot 188 (as a block of twelve lettered KC-MF)
Lord Steinberg, Sotheby's, 21 September 2011, lot 57 (as a block of twelve KC-MF)
The Shields Collection

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

Estimate
£350 to £400

Starting price
£250