Lot 10023 – 1861 No Wmk 6d deep green imperf. with partial “CANCELLED” hs, part og, presented by the printers Perkins Bacon to Ormond Hill

ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED

1861 No Wmk 6d deep green, imperf. with partial “CANCELLED” hs, part og, presented by the printers Perkins Bacon to Ormond Hill (the nephew of Sir Rowland Hill) for members of his family, very fine and extremely rare, from position 5 of the block of six so struck (although only three so far have been recorded) (SG £9’500)

Provenance: Glossop, Bessemer, Peter Jaffe, “Tatiana”