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

1857/1858, Provisional Use of Gauge 16 Punch Sets, a study set-out on eleven album pages, compirsing thirteen covers and eight used stamps, predominately 1 d. reds, although three examples with 2 d. blues, two in combination with 1 d. red, noted a pair 1 d. reds used in combination with 6 d. lilac on 1858 cover from North Shields to Prussia, one of four recorded, also a strip of three 2 d. blues used on 1858 cover from Bristol to Christchurch, New Zealand and two examples of a 2 d. blue, plate 6, perf. 16, used in combination with 1 d. red, perf 16, one with a BPA certificate, mixed condition, very scarce assembly.