Lot# 86 - 191-195 Auction

5 c. violet, Stone A, the famous used block of ten in vertical format, marginal from top of sheet, of vivid colour and large even margins all round, cancelled at 'Choconta' in manuscript ink. Tiny thin at top of no significance. A very rare Stone A multiple in excellent quality and of impeccable provenance, being the largest Stone A used multiple of the 5 c. violet. Illustrated in Bortfeldt handbook. Cert. Moorhouse (2014).

Provenance: Collection Caspary (June 1958), lot 838.
                        Collection Wickersham (March 1968), lot 23.
                        Collection 'Islander' (June 2008), lot 174.