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

1880 (Feb 5): 2½ d. blue, Plate 20, wmk. Orb, lettered IA-IF / JA-JF, an unused block of twelve, of lovely fresh colour, corner interpanneau marginal with 'POSTAGE TWO P(ENCE)' imprint at top, of excellent centering and vibrant colour, fresh and very fine, typical wrinkles on superb large part or unmounted og. Despite a block of 20 in the Royal collection, this is the largest recorded multiple from plate 20 in private hands according to Karl Louis Card Index Gi J22 = £ 9'000.
Provenance: Collection Robert Titchener-Barrett, Stanley Gibbons.