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

1d. black, plate 3, horizontal strip of three, lettered QA-QC, three very large margins including sheet margin at elft and showing portion of adjoining stamp at right, lower margin close in places, cancelled with neatly-struck Maltese Crosses in red, QB with light crease, a scarce multiple with tremendous appeal. Gi. AS20 = £2,200+rnrnProvenance:rnThis strip appeared in each of the following sales as a strip of four, from which position QD was later removed.rnrnH.R. Harmer, 7-8 April, 1941, lot 496.rnRobson Lowe, 26 February, 1969, lot 1046rnCollection "Daisy", Christies Robson Lowe, 8 October, 1996, lot 211rnCollection Sayeed, Spink London, March 2022, lot 2171rn