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

1854, 1 d. red, plate 178, lettered AF and AG re-united, Imprimaturs, die I alphabet II, four margins all round, with part of top marginal with inscription, presented together to illustrate the Type 2 top pin marks incorporated in the context of the Napier perforation machines, ungummed paper, horizontal crease through top margins as is case normally, ivory heads to reverse, rub/disturbance in AF top margin as well as a small thin to reverse, otherwise very fine, attractive duo. SG Spec. C1 = £1'700 as two singles.rnReference: "Stamp Perforation: The Somerset House Years 1848 to 1880", by R. Simpson & P. Sargent, page 138 & Plate 4. rnProvenance (for AG only): Robson Lowe, 27 April 1949, ex lot 75; Harold W. Fisher collection, Phillips, 22-23 September 1983, lot 298; Beresford Collection, Sotheby's, 24 November 1987, lot 251.rnrn