Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 1

1881 (Jan 1): Locally surcharged "4" on 1 s. lilac, Setting 3, surcharge Types 29 and 30, the unused block of eighteen subjects, corner marginal from left of sheet with sheet margins on two sides, positions 1-6 / 11-16 / 21-26; surcharge type 29 in fifteen positions with surcharge type 30 in position 22, 24 and 26; of wonderfully fresh vibrant colour, generally fine perforations and superb large part or unmounted og. A magnificent multiple of the greatest rarity Gi = £ 14'625+.rnProvenance: Collection Baron Philippe Ferrari de Renotière, Druout, Paris, sale V, ex lot 572; Collection Charlton-Henry, Harmer Rooke, New York, 4-7 April 1961, lot 1786; Collection Lars Amundsen, SG, London, 6-8 Dec 1967, lot 580; Collection W.A. Frazer, Spink, London, 30 Oct 2003, lot 1909.rnNote: Now believed to be the largest multiple recorded. The adjoining block of nine stamps was in the Maurice Burrus collection.