Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas Americas (North, Central & South America) - Day 1

1855: Second London Printing, Recess by Perkins Bacon, 5 c. red-brown, on blued paper, side marginal strip of five, unused, no gum, positions 109 to 113, with side selvedge to left, close at top of first stamp otherwise good to large margins all round, printed in a pale red-brown with a degree of suffused colour and consequent heavy blueing of the paper with Ivory Heads on reverse, paper crack lower left side into first stamp, also natural paper wrinkling and creasing running horizontally through strip not obvious and which does not detract from the very fine appearance, a rare example Scott = $1'200 as singles. Ex the Brian Moorhouse Estate.