Lot 382 386th Auction - 382
Description
1d. rose-red, Plate Proof Trials for Lighter and more Fugitive Colours, plate 191, imperforate block of four, RC / SD, good to large margins, superb impression, rich colour, diagonal and horizontal folds mainly in margin between the stamps not detracting from fine appearance. R.P.S.L. certificate (1996) (S.G.Cat. GBP 16.000)
Provenance
Note: Recent research shows that just one sheet each in rose-red and in mauve has been struck from plate 191 for these trials. From the rose-red sheet the stamps of the horiziontal A- to D- rows are mainly preserved in vertical pairs, all with barred trial obliterations „C.X. 8“. All stamps from the horizontal J- to N-rows are pen-cancelled. The only uncancelled proofs in rose-red recorded in the Karl Louis Card Index are a pair RA-RB and this block of four RC / SD herewith offered.
Provenance: Phillips 12 October 1989, lot 208
'TES‘ Collection, Spink 5 October 1995, lot 172
'BESANCON‘ Collection, Corinphila 12 June 2019, lot 3069