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

1854, 1 d. red, plate 185, lettered AF, Imprimatur, die I, alphabet II, four margins all round, with part of top marginal with inscription, also the Type 2 top pin mark incorporated in the context of the Napier perforation machines, ungummed paper, horizontal crease through top margins as is usual, superb ivory heads to reverse, fine and attractive. SG Spec. C1 = £850.rnReference: "Stamp Perforation: The Somerset House Years 1848 to 1880", by R. Simpson & P. Sargent, page 138.rnProvenance: Harold W. Fisher, Phillips 22-23 September 1983, lot 305 .