Lot no. 820
337 / September 2009
Condition
5Catalogue no.15a
Opening5.000 €
Sold for4.500 €
1860, 1 shilling orange-vermilion bisected, left half with full to wide marigins, tied by 2 strikes of grid cancel to piece with adjacent red date stamp "ST. JOHN'S SP 10 1861" and London date stamp of September 30. The stamp has been lifted for inspection and replaced; very fine and extremely rare, only one other bisect of this stamp (on cover) is known, certificates BPA (1969) and W. Jakubek
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein (1969)