Lot 30287 – THE EXTREMELY RARE 4 CENTS ROSE-CARMINE INITIALLED “ETED”

THE EXTREMELY RARE 4 CENTS ROSE-CARMINE INITIALLED “ETED”1856 Provisional 4 cents black on rose-carmine, Type 1, initials of postal clerk Dalton “ETED”, cut square, light Demerara datestamp of 27 September 1856, fresh colour, hinge thins of little significance for this attractive stamp in unrepaired original state of preservation; (SG £40’000).Probably only two or three examples recorded with the “ETED” initials.Provenance: John E. du Pont (Lot 60084, David Feldman SA, June 2014)“Imperium” (Lot 30123, David Feldman SA, October 2021)Expertise: Cert. BPA (2014)