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1d. rose-red, Imprimatur, with Letters in all four Corners, plate 167, AA, imperforate upper left corner sheet marginal with inscription and plate number ‚167‘, large margins, very fresh. The unique corner marginal Imprimatur from plate 167 in private hands (AL is in the N.P.M.(London), TA is in the Royal Collection, TL is still attached to the Imprimatur sheet).

Provenance: Leonard H. Clark Collection, Robson Lowe, 29 May 1946, lot  ex 261.
Dr. C. Heygate-Vernon Collection, Robson Lowe, 24-25 September 1947, ex lot 750
Robson Lowe, 10 November 1948, ex lot 571
Robson Lowe, 18 February 1959, lot 298

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1d. rose-red, Imprimatur, with Letters in all four Corners, plate 180, AA, imperforate upper left corner sheet marginal with inscription and plate number ‚180‘, large margins, very fresh. The unique corner marginal Imprimatur from plate 180 in private hands (AL is in the N.P.M.(London), TA is in the Royal Collection, TL is still attached to the Imprimatur sheet).

Provenance: Leonard H. Clark Collection, Robson Lowe, 29 May 1946, lot  ex 261.
Dr. C. Heygate-Vernon Collection, Robson Lowe, 24-25 September 1947, ex lot 741
Robson Lowe, 10 November 1948, ex lot 567

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1d. rose-red, Imprimatur, with Letters in all four Corners, plate 212, AA, imperforate upper left corner sheet marginal with inscription and plate number ‚212‘ and series number ‚254‘, large margins, very fresh. The unique corner marginal Imprimatur from plate 212 in private hands (AL is in the N.P.M.(London), TA is in the Royal Collection, TL is still attached to the Imprimatur sheet).

Provenance: Leonard H. Clark Collection, Robson Lowe, 29 May 1946, lot  ex 261.
Dr. C. Heygate-Vernon Collection, Robson Lowe, 24-25 September 1947, ex lot 735
‚Chartwell‘, Spink 29 June 2011, lot 1386

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1d. rose-red, Imprimatur, the wonderful selection of 33 different plates, all lettered AC with upper sheet margins and inscriptions, included are plates 73, 82, 88, 92, 100, 109, 149, 166, 167,170, 172-178, 180-183, 185, 186, 191-193, 198-200, 203, 211, 214 and 222, all with good to large margins and very fresh. (S.G.Cat.: GBP 14.025)

Provenances for the various plates: Plates 92, 109, 166, 167, 170, 173-178, 180-183, 185, 186, 191-193 and 200: ‚Besancon‘ Collection, 268 Corinphila, 9 June 2021, lot 4579    
Plates 172 and 214: ‚Chartwell‘, Spink, 16 February 2012, ex lot 475
Plate 203: ‚Jack Bailey Collection, Spink, 25 January 2023, ex lot 3183

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1d. rose-red, Imperforate proof on DR. PERKINS BLUED PAPER, plate 121, SL, large margins all round, usual minor gum creases, very fresh and rare. (S.G.Cat.: 4.500)

Provenance (as a pair SK-SL): Charles Williams Collection, Harmer, 10-18 November 1947, lot 278
Stothert Collection, Robson Lowe, 9 September 1975, lot 50
Stanley Gibbons, 17 May 1984, lot 209
Christies, 18 June 1996, lot 205
Ake Rietz Collection, Corinphila, 7 June 2023, lot 3611

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1d. rose-red, Plate Proof Trials for Lighter and more Fugitive Colours,  plate 191, imperforate block of four, RC / SD, good to large margins, superb impression, rich colour, diagonal and horizontal folds mainly in margin between the stamps not detracting from fine appearance.  R.P.S.L. certificate (1996) (S.G.Cat. GBP 16.000)

Note: Recent research shows that just one sheet each in rose-red and in mauve has been struck from plate 191 for these trials. From the rose-red sheet the stamps of the horiziontal A- to D- rows are mainly preserved in vertical pairs, all  with barred trial obliterations "C.X. 8". All stamps from the horizontal J- to N-rows are pen-cancelled. The only uncancelled proofs in rose-red recorded in the Karl Louis Card Index are a pair RA-RB and this block of four RC / SD herewith offered.

Provenance: Phillips 12 October 1989, lot 208
'TES‘ Collection, Spink 5 October 1995, lot 172
'BESANCON‘ Collection, Corinphila 12 June 2019, lot 3069

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1871, 2d. blue, the retouched Die II with "NEW DIE" and "1" (uninked but faintly embossed),  completed on 8 April 1858 and printed on demand for Ormond Hill in 1871, superb and very rare. (S.G.Cat. GBP 18.000)

Provenance: ‚Chartwell‘ Collection, Spink, 16 February 2012, lot 51

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1858, 2d. blue, Imprimatur, plate 7, AF, very large margins all round, very fine and fresh. (S.G.Cat. GBP 4.750)

Provenance: John O. Griffiths Collection, Christies, 27 June 1985, lot 4292
Grosvenor, 18-19 November 2014, lot 710

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1858, 2d. blue, Imprimatur, plate 8, AG, imperforate with upper sheet margin and inscription, very large margins all round, very fine and fresh. (S.G.Cat. GBP 4.750)

Provenance: Robson Lowe, 27 April 1949 ("Great Britain Queen Victoria Imprimaturs Complete Collection"), ex lot 153
Robson Lowe, 26 September 1951, lot ex 280

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1858, 2d. blue, Imprimatur, plate 12, TF, imperforate with large margins all round, very fine and fresh. (S.G.Cat. GBP 4.750)

Provenance: Robson Lowe, 27 April 1949 ("Great Britain Queen Victoria Imprimaturs Complete Collection"), ex lot 153

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1858, 2d. blue, Imprimatur, plate 13 AB, imperforate with upper sheet margin and inscription, large margins all round, very fine and fresh. (S.G.Cat. GBP 4.750)

Provenance: Lady Mairy Bury Collection, Sotheby’s, 24 – 26 November 2010, lot 1284
Ake Rietz Collection, 299 Corinphila, 7 June 2023, lot 3623

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1858, 2d. blue, Imprimatur, plate 13, AE, imperforate with upper sheet margin and inscription, good to very large margins all round, very fine and fresh. (S.G.Cat. GBP 4.750)

Provenance: Robson Lowe, 27 April 1949 ("Great Britain Queen Victoria Imprimaturs Complete Collection"), ex lot 153

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1858, 2d. blue, Imprimatur, plate 15, AD, imperforate with upper sheet margin and inscription, good to large margins all round, very fine and fresh. (S.G.Cat. GBP 4.750)

Provenance: ‚Durham‘ Collection, Phillips, 11 November 1993, ex lot 136

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1870, May, Bantam ½d. die proof in rose taken after the engraving of the head was strengthened and the die was hardened, affixed to card. Very rare, said to be one of only six produced of which some are unavailable in Institutional Collections & Museums. (S.G.Cat. GBP 12.000)

Provenance: ‚Yorkshire‘ Collection, Christies, 27 January 1981, lot 163
Stanley Gibbons, Dealer’s List, September 1992, lot 167

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Bantam ½d. rose-red, Imprimaturs, the attractive selection of eight: plate 3, TJ, plate 4, TO, plate 5, TO, plate 8, TO, plate 14, AJ, plate 15, TH, plate 19, TH and plate 20, AO. All with large margins and very fresh. (S.G.Cat. GBP 7.600)

Provenance: ‚Durham‘ Collection, Phillips, 11 November 1993, ex lot 143
‚BESANCON‘ Collection, 268 Corinphila, 9 June 2021, lot 4586

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1/2 d. rose, plate 1, variety Imperforate, horizontal pair SW-SX with inverted watermark, large margins all round, large part or full original gum, very fresh and rare. According to J.B.Seymour in the Kohl Handbook (1930), a part perforated sheet was released having two rows completely imperforate. Most stamps were cut from the sheet as singles, only very few pairs recorded. (S.G. Cat.: GBP 6.000)

‘Verus‘ Collection, Stanley Gibbons, August 2015

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1871, 1½d. carmine-rose, Ormond Hill Die Proof on thin hard yellowish white wove paper, fresh and very fine, rare and beautiful proof. B.P.A. certificate (2010) (S.G.Cat. GBP 18.000)

Provenance: ‚BESANCON‘ Collection, 239. Corinphila, 12 June 2019, lot 3079  

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1860, Prepared for use, but not issued: 1 ½ d. rosy mauve on blued paper (strong Ivory Head), AD, Imprimatur with top margin and inscription, removed small stain, fresh and very fine. Rare: only 38 stamps were taken from the Imprimatur sheet. (S.G.Cat.: GBP 7.000)

Provenance: Robson Lowe, 18 March 1953, lot 308 (incl. Laycock Collection)
Phillips, 7 December 1995, lot 224
‚BESANCON‘ Collection, Corinphila, 12 June 2019, lot 3076
Ake Rietz Collection, Corinphila, 7 June 2023, lot 3636

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1870, 1 ½ d. lake-red, plate 3, AH, Imprimatur with top margin and inscription, some gum remnants in the top margin from the original mounting, fresh and very fine. Only 25 stamps were taken from the Imprimatur sheet, of which AK and AL (both N.P.M. London) and TA (Royal Collection) unavailable for private collectors. (S.G.Cat. GBP 6.000)

Provenance:

Board of Inland Revenue Collection handed over to De La Rue in 1883

Robson Lowe, 17 December 1975, lot 1641

‚Chartwell‘ Collection, Spink 29 June 2011, lot 1493

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1½d. rose-red, plate 1, AB, imperforate, a much paler shade of rose-red than the printing on Dr. Perkins chemically prepared paper, large part original gum. (S.G.Cat. GBP  7.500)

Note: While all stamps from the  generally regarded 1½d., plate 1, imperforate on Dr. Perkins chemically prepared paper only originate from a lower half sheet (M- to T- rows), nine imperforate stamps from plate 1 originate from the A- to D- rows. None of these have ever been described as being on Dr. Perkins Paper.

Provenance: Phillips, 16 November 1989, lot 229
Phillips 26, October 1995, lot 262

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