Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 2

1840: 1 d. black, pl. 11, lettered DJ, a used example with large even margins all round, cancelled by Maltese Cross in dull blue-black ink normally associated with Preston, extremely fine for this, the rarest of the plates. Just eight singles plus a very defective pair recorded in Karl Louis Card Index.Cert. BPA (1956) Gi = £ 4'600.rnProvenance: Christie's, London, 16 July 1991, lot 276.