Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 1

Lithographed by Bradbury Wilkinson 1890/94: 1 r. carmine, an unused horizontal pair with part 'LINEN' watermark, variety "Imperforate", fresh and very fine with large part og. A famous pair - just four pairs of this variety are recorded unused (see John Minns "British East Africa", page 27) with one pair housed in the collection of His Majesty King Charles III. This pair is finer than that illustrated in Minns (colour plate II). A great rarity Gi = £ 15'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection I.R. Moore; Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 24 Nov 2005, lot 99.rn