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

1840, 1 d. black, plate 7, lettered LA-LD, used strip of four, margins all round, fresh vibrant shade, fine red Maltese Cross cancellations, illustrating pre-sale partial separation between each stamp; a practice which was not widespread and is more commonally found on single stamps, scarce on multiples; vertical crease through LC, otherwise fine. rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, 28 March 1956, lot 109; Robson Lowe 6 May 1964, lot 573 (in 1956 and 1964 not described as "pre-sale" separation).rn