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

1848, 1 d. red, plate 70, lettered SK, Henry Archer Roulette Trail, approx. gauge 11.5 to all sides, fault to top, unused, no gum, very fresh and fine printing, comes matched with a used example from the same plate/position. Cert. BPA (1992). SG16a = £15'000.rnReference: "Stamp Perforation: The Somerset House Years 1848 to 1880", by R. Simpson & P. Sargent, illustrated on Plate 1. rnProvenance: Harmer, 21 December 1959, lot 186, Harmer, Grosvenor, 26 May 2011, lot 3799.