Feature Lot.
Lot 30271 -
ONE OF THREE UNUSED 12 CENTS RECORDED
1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type A, thick frame, without initials, cut round with the circular borders of the stamp being visible all around, small stain spot at top, in an uncommonly deep bright colour; (unpriced in SG).
One of only four unused examples recorded in the "Cotton-Reel" primitives, this being one of three representing the 12 cents (the other two with initials, one sold in the Hind sale in 1935, the other belonging to the J. ....
Sold for GBP 35,000
(Link to this Lot in the Catalog for Bidding)
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