£12,000 - £16,000
GB.QUEEN VICTORIA 1841 1D RED-BROWN IMPERFS, AN IMPORTANT & UNREPEATABLE HOLDING OF PLATED EXAMPLES. 6 large stock books of used 1841 1d red imperfs arranged by plate number, then by sheet position and then also divided between very fine 'A' Grade (4 margins) and fine 'B' Grade (chiefly with 3 margins) examples - each plate has a page for each grade (we estimate these grades are represented equally across the entire collection, perhaps more in favour of 'A' grades but it alters considerably between plates). We see around 450 examples from the 'black plates' to 11, then in the region of 2500 examples with Maltese Cross cancellations between plates 12 and 42, the rest to plate 172. The plating work was undertaken by experts, most notably David Luthwaite. An outstanding holding formed by a long-retired dealer over decades. We estimate that the total catalogue value is in the region of £600,000 (approx 12,000 stamps) Lot 1577 (B) [c]
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