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Lot# 3386 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 3386 Victoria

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    Lithographed by Thomas Ham 1850 (Jan 5): Half-Length 3 d. bright blue, Original printing, the famous used block of sixteen (4 x 4), positions 1-4/6-9/11-14/16-19 on the sheet (Pack 25-28/43-46), of outstanding freshness and shade, large margins all round with three stamps with closed tears and a couple of negligible thins of no great importance, each stamp neatly cancelled by "1" Butterfly handstamp of Melbourne in black. Illustrated in the 'Stamps of Victoria' by Geoff Kellow on page 34. A magnificent and stunning multiple, the largest recorded, the 'pièce de résistance' of Victorian philately.rnrnProvenance: Collection Charles Lathrop Pack, Harmers, New York, 6-16 Dec 1944, lot 1942.rn                   Collection Louise Boyd Dale & Alfred Lichtenstein, Harmers, London 14 May 1990, lot 205.
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 36,000 CHF