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Auction: 21015 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XV
Lot: 270

(x) St. Vincent
Cancelled by Perkins Bacon for Ormond Hill
1861 1d. rose-red, imperforate and handstamped with "cancelled" obliterator at top and foot, good to large margins all around, position four in the Peter Jaffé handbook. Only four of the possible six examples have been recorded, one of which is housed in the Royal Philatelic Collection; fine and rare. S.G. footnote after No. 2, £8,000

provenance:
W. W. Forsyth, Harmer's, March 1978
Conrad Latto, Spink, May 1995

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£4,200

Starting price
£3200