Lot 371 386th Auction -
Description
1865, 1d. black, the so called „ROYAL REPRINT“, die II, plate 66, RB, with Watermark „Large Crown“ inverted, good to large margins, large part original gum, very fresh and attractive appearance. (S.G.Cat.: GBP 2.500)
Provenance
Note: The story of the „Royal Reprints“ is, that an application was made upon request of the Royal Family for specimens of the One Penny Black and One Penny Red imperforate as being issued in 1840 and 1841. On September 1, 1865, Ormond Hill requested these stamp issues from Perkins Bacon and he was supplied with printings in black and rose-red from plate 66. The sheets must have been broken up quite early, because Philbrick & Westoby describe in 1881 an example in black lettered RH. All „Royal Reprints“ on the philatelic market originate from one sheet printed in black and a large part sheet in rose-red comprising stamps from the horizontal F- to T-rows.