Lot 60182 – 1840 2d blue pl.1 KA-KL complete mint row of 12 with margins at either end, original gum

1840 2d blue pl.1 KA-KL complete mint row of 12 with margins at either end, original gum, Light horizontal crease cracking the surface in places, nevertheless a magnificent exhibition showpiece, with beautiful vibrant colour and rightly considered to be one of the finest surviving multiples of the 1840 issue and the only surviving complete row from this plate in private hands, ex Dublin Post Office Find, Lord Crawford, R.B. Sparrow, Daisy, Baillie and Mayflower, cert BPA (1996).