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

1854, 1 d. red-brown, plate 201, lettered AF, Imprimatur, margins all round, top marginal showing inscription and Type 3 pin marks correctly engraved, small crown wmk., no gum as issued, top margin folded horizontally as is the norm, very attractive. SG Spec. C1 = £850.rnReference: "Stamp Perforation: The Somerset House Years 1848 to 1880", by R. Simpson & P. Sargent, illustrated on page 141 & plate 4. rnProvenance: Ex. The Board of Inland Revenue Collection, Robson Lowe 17 December 1975, lot 1391.