Lot 80182 – 1867-80 10d Red-Brown pl.2 ABNORMAL issue, lettered OD (without wing margin) showing the “abnormal official perforation” produced only at Somerset House

1867-80 10d Red-Brown pl.2 ABNORMAL issue, lettered OD (without wing margin) showing the “abnormal official perforation” produced only at Somerset House (see footnote after J63 in the Specialised Vol.1 catalogue) neatly cancelled by a crisp London SW numeral, small central thin above watermark and a few slightly trimmed perfs, nevertheless examples with such a fine colour and crisp cancellations leaving both plate numbers clearly visible are of the utmost rarity, cert. BPA (1983) (SG £15’000)