Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 2

1861. Cancelled Stamps for Rowland Hill's nephew Chalons. Recess printed by Perkins Bacon.rnOn 18 April 1861 Ormond Hill, the nephew of Rowland Hill, wrote to Joshua Butters Bacon the head of Perkins Bacon and Co.:rn“My dear Sir, Two or three of my friends who are collectors of Postage Stamps have asked me to procure for them specimens of new or uncommon stamps whenever I have it in my power. It occurs to me that perhaps you may be able to give me a few ...”rnHe added on 24 April:rn“... I should be glad to have six stamps of each kind ...”rnOn 15 August J. Upham (for J.B. Bacon) sent the stamps to Pearson Hill with the following letter:rn“Dear Sir, I beg now to send you as promised ... an envelope addressed to Ormond Hill Esq. containing 6 obliterated impressions of each of the stamps named in the list and request you will take two of each for Rowland Hill Esq. and yourself and then seal the package and forward it together with a letter which you will also find addressed to him, to Mr. Ormond Hill.”rnIt turned out that the supply of the Crown Agents‘ property was given without authority.rnOrmond Hill was not asked to return the "specimens“, and in fact, all were treated as private property. Nevertheless, the case destroyed Perkins Bacon as future printers for the Crown Agents.rnFrom Peter Jaffe in "Cancelled by Perkins Bacon“, published for Spink & Son Ltd by James Bendon Ltd. (1998).rnChalons. Recess printed by Perkins Bacon 1855: 4 d. blue, imperforate, wmk. Large Crown, large margins on three sides and close at lower right, cancelled by large part strikes of the "CANCELLED" obliterator in black, position 3 on the block of six given to Ormond Hill, and one of just four recorded examples of which position 2 is housed in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. A rarity Gi = £ 12'000.rnProvenance: Collection Sebastian Earl, RL, Geneva, 25 April 1980, lot 2214; Collection Dr. Conrad Latto; Christie's, Melbourne, 4 Nov 1994, lot 80; Collection Peter Jaffé, Millenium, Melbourne, 15 March 2006, lot 1195; Collection William McCredie, Millenium, Sydney, 22 June 2011, lot 222.rn