Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1861: 1 d. rose-red, Die II, Alphabet IV, pl. 51, perf. 14, lettered FD-FE / GD-GE, letters engraved on the plate by hand instead of punched, an unused block of four, of good colour, horizontal gum cracks on large part or unmounted og. Rarer than plate 50, a scarce and attractive multiple Gi C12(3) = £ 1'500.
Provenance: Harmers, London, 24 Feb 2003, lot 733.