Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 1

Recess Perkins Bacon, wmk. Small Star 1860 (Dec 18): (4 d.) blue, wmk. Small Star, perf. 14-16, an unused block of twelve (4 x 3), of lovely fresh vibrant colour, right hand colour showing the sheet marginal watermark, superb large part og. A wonderful and rare multiple Gi = £ 2'700++.rnProvenance: Collection Claude Cartier, SG, London, 15 Sept 1977, lot 74; Stanley Gibbons, New York, 18 Feb 1981, lot 296; Collection Peter Jaffé, Spink, London, 7 March 2007, lot 51.