Lot 21087 – 1855-63 The famous Perkins Bacon 4d black
Lot 21087 – 1855-63 The famous Perkins Bacon 4d black
South Africa » Cape of Good Hope
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Price realised
16’000 GBP
Estimate
10’000 – 15’000 GBP
Auction date
Wed 13 Jun 2018 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1855-63 Perkins Bacon 4d black, die A, showing part of the marginal watermark at left, used with faint CGH triangular cancel in black at right, margins all around, trace of shallow thin and scissor cut in lower margin (SG £35’000)
Literature: Williams listing no.II in the “Encyclopaedia of Rare & Famous Stamps”, see footnote in SG under SG8
Provenance: Field, Riesco, Dale-Lichtenstein and “Lady Hope”
A British Empire rarity, and one of the finest examples of the twelve recorded
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