Great Britain - Day 4

1840 1d black pl.6 FA/GC block of 6 with just touched to good margins on entire from Holt to Norwich (Norfolk), tied by six fine strikes of black MC, Holt AP 21 1841 and Norwich AP 22 1841 backstamps, light filing crease just affecting FA and FC, block excised from the cover and replaced after the Holcombe certificate, still an important and very rare cover.

Expertise: Cert. Holcombe (1986).

Provenance: Robson Lowe sales 1949, 1947; Tes; Pichai.