Lot no. 187

1861/64, watermark 'star', intermediate perf. 14:15½ : 1 d. dull blue with part strike of "CANCELLED" obliterator, pos. 3 of the horizontal block of 6; a tear in the upper right corner fixed almost invisibly, extremely rare, one of two recorded copies, the other one being in the Royal Collection. SG £ 10.000,- Provenance: Ernest B. Lye (1951) Peter Jaffé (2006) Joseph Hackmey (2009)