Sale #71

Barefoot Type 'A' Printing & Stationery Department Salisbury Revenue-Litho perf 12½ 6d black and red unmounted mint block of six, one has a small thin, imperforate except at left and right sides, and fine vertical perf dot line in the gum - but not in the actual paper vertically between rows 2 and 3. Totally imperforate vertically between row 1 and 2 and horizontally. Barefoot 45 is for the Type B Mardon printing cat £3,000 as used singles, stated only about 10 recorded. This being Type 'A' is unlisted and maybe from printer's waste or a Trial run. A used single of type 'B' Mardon printing sold at Empire and Overseas auctions for £420 about three years ago. (image available) [US10] (Start Price = £148.00)