Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 2

1857: 1d. rose-red, Die II, Alphabet II, pl. 12, perf. 14, wmk. Small crown, horizontal strip of three, lettered MG/MI, centrally cancelled "Frank Ives Scudamore/Chief Examiner" designed to void damaged sheets at Somerset House, fine Gi. = £1'200 for strip of four.rnNote: From the famous stamp find from Scudamore's descendents. Frank Ives Scudamore was appointed Chief Examiner of the newly amalgamated offices of the Accountant General and the Receiver General in 1852.