Auction: 12021 - The Chartwell Collection - GB Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps and Covers - Part IV
Lot: 71
Great Britain
Line Engraved Essays and Proofs
Halfpenny, April to May 1870 Essays
Perkins, Bacon essay number "5", A composite essay in black incorporating a head similar to that used in 1868 for Canada with manuscript "Messrs Perkins". Fine and rare. S.G. Spec. DP59, £55,000
Sold for
£16,000
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