Los-Nr. 14

Protective Underprints: NAYLOR, BENZON & CO, LONDON, protective underprint in black on 1864, 1d red plate 148, GK, (Late Fee) and 1867, 3d. rose plate 6, horizontal wing marginal pair RG-RH (usual slightly irregular perforations), tied by 'LONDON 18 JY 71  -  '9’ " duplex cancellation to lettersheet showing ms. senders marking 'Naylor, Benzon & Co’ inside, addressed to Gefle, Sweden. Protective underprints on Surface printed issues are rare, on cover they are among the rarest varieties existing of the Victorian period. One of only two covers recorded in the Karl Louis Card Index Register of Naylor, Benzon & Co protective underprint. As most users of private protective underprints, they later went on to use perfins.  A letter communication with Stanley Gibbons Publications is attached confirming the addition of the 3d. plate 6 in the following GB Specialised Cat., 12th. edition, as this plate was not recorded before. (S.G. Spec. PP143, PP144) Note: Naylor, Benzon &Co were metal merchants in London. In the 20th century they had become a major mining company