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lot # 4741 - Ceylon

Tuesday Nov 26, 2024 09:00 Europe/Zurich

Recess by Perkins Bacon 1859 (April 23): 8 d. brown on white paper, wmk. Star, imperforate, an outstanding unused example of astonishing depth of colour with fine even margins all round, fresh and extremely fine, superb large part og. A magnificent example of an immensely rare stamp. Patrick C. Pearson in his London Philatelist 1984/87 series of articles "Ceylon 'Pence' Rarities - Where are they now?" stated less than 30 unused stamps recorded! Cert. RPSL (1960) Gi = £ 28'000.

Provenance: Collection Da Silva, Harmers, London, 12 Jan 1959.
                   Collection Lars Amundsen, Stanley Gibbons, London, 6-8 Dec 1967, lot 178.

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