Lot 41050 – The Legendary Missing Virgin
One of the World’s
Lot 41050 – The Legendary Missing Virgin One of the World’s
British Virgin Islands
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Price realised
100’000 GBP
Estimate
100’000 – 120’000 GBP
Auction date
Fri 11 Dec 2015 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
The Legendary Missing Virgin
One of the World’s Most Iconic and Sought After Stamps
1867 1s Black and Rose-Carmine with missing black causing the figure of Virgin to be omitted, pos.4, mint original gum (the only example recorded with original gum), trimmed perforations at top as is common with the very few examples that are thought to exist, fine and fresh (SG £150’000)
The last example sold on the open market was in the Chartwell collection and sold for £144’000 in 2011
Provenance: W. H. Peckitt, Lord Crawford, Duveen, Arthur Hind, S. A. Brown, Tomasini
Expertise: Cert. BPA (1979 & 1990)
Estimate: £100’000 – £120’000 Catalogue ref: 18b
Catalogue
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