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Auction: 26018 - The Lionheart Collection of Great Britain, Part XXV
Lot: 73

(x) Great Britain
Surface Printed Issues
1880-83
1/- orange-brown, AA-ED, block of twenty (5x4) with large part original gum; a pulled perf between AA and AB, and small thin in EA, but believed to be the largest known multiple in private hands. Exhibition item, S.G. 163, £20,000 (as blocks of four and four singles). Photo

The only other recorded block of twenty, ex Phillips, is now in an institutional collection.

provenance:
Dimitris Bertsimas
Dr Douglas Latto
Sir Gawaine Baillie

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

Estimate
£6,000 to £6,500

Starting price
£4800