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Auction: 26024 - The 'Mulberry' Collection of Great Britain King Edward VII Issues
Lot: 2255

Great Britain
King Edward VII
1911-13 Somerset House
Five Shillings

Carmine block of four with sheet margin at left , overprinted "specimen" (Type 26), unmounted mint, one or two natural gum wrinkles, fine and an important block. Spec. M52(2)s, unpriced by Gibbons.

provenance:
N.P.M. Archives, 1984
Marcus Samuel, Spink, 3 Dec. 2003, Lot 1400 (the upper margin has been trimmed to a straight edge since this auction).

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000

Starting price
£650