Auction 309-320 - Great Britain 1840–1841 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

1841, 1d. red-brown, block of six, lettered MB-ND, stamps MD and ND being plate 1c, the remaining place 1b, very good to large margins all around, cancelled with neatly-struck Maltese Crosses in black, trivial scissor cut at left in margin only, pleasing rich colour, an exceptional and important block, the largest recorded used block from this plate in private hands. Cert. BPA (2010). Gi. AS7/AS8rnrnProvenance:rnCollection "Mayflower"rnCollection Alan Holyoake, National Grand-Prix, London International Stamp Exhibition, 2015.