Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3

1840: 1 d. black, Plate 10, six used examples lettered RG, SF, SI, TI, RF and SE, two stamps with minor surface scuffs but extraordinarily all the adhesives with close to large margins all round RG just touched at upper left, RF and RG showing check letter 'P' altered to an 'R' with longer 'tail' to the 'R'; used on 1841 piece and cancelled by Maltese Crosses in black with WITHAM cds below (April 7) in red. Rare and extremely unusual piece Gi AS66+AS66C = £ 5'600.rnProvenance: Collection J.B. Seymour, Sale 1, Robson Lowe, London, 11 April 1951, lot 287; Robson Lowe, London, 23 Sept 1986, lot 296.