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

1848, 1 d. red, plate 71, lettered PK, Henry Archer Roulette Trail, approx. gauge 12 to all sides, unused, with large part of original gum, very fresh and attractive, comes matched with a used example from the same plate and position. Cert. RPSL (1979).  SG16b = £15'000.rnProvenance: Colonel Bates Collection, Harmer, 3-5 December 1934, lot 655; Harmer, 18-20 July 1938, lot 439; Dendy Marshall Collection, Robson Lowe, 19-20 December 1945, lot 416; Spink, London, 28 February 2011, lot 689. rn                  rn                   rn