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Auction: 26019 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1747

Great Britain
King George V
1918-19 Bradbury Wilkinson
10/- 1929 Experimental Royal Mail plate proof, a complete sheet of nine impressions and one part impression, in black on hard unwatermarked paper, endorsed "P Nickel Steel from wax mould of burnished steel rolled in original 1/11/29", initialled and further inscribed "After polishing face with white powder + cloth". Fine and one of only three complete sheets recorded. Specialised £85,000

provenance:
Spink, The Leonard Licht Collection, November 2018

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Estimate
£6,000 to £8,000

Starting price
£4200