Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1874/80: 6 d. grey, Plate 18, wmk. Spray, lettered TH, an imperforate Imprimatur, large margins all round, fresh colour and very fine, large part og. Only 22 stamps were removed from the Imprimatur sheet of which at least four are housed in institutional collections. Rare Gi J(87)/89 = £ 4'200.
Note: Plate 18 was registered, as above, on watermark Spray of Rose paper. The stamp was only issued on watermark Crown paper.
Provenance: Harmer 30 Nov. 1954, "The 2500th Sale", lot 234; Collection Dr. Douglas Latto, Phillips, Oct 1992, lot 431.