Lot 30206 – 1874, 30 sen grey-black syll. i (1) pos. 8 with variety

1874, 30 sen grey-black, perforation 11, syllabic 1 (i), originating from the right of the sheet with part selvedge, position 8 with variety consisting in “dots missing in NW corner”, attractively fine impression, centred displaying complete to large margins, original gum lightly hinged. Very fine.

A very rare and appealing marginal example exhibiting the scarcest of the three prominent plate flaws reported for this value. This is the example chosen to illustrate the 30 sen native paper in the JSCA catalogue (2023). (JSCA 25v-1-8, ¥800,000).

Provenance:

Robert Levy (Robson Lowe, 20.2.1962, lot 328)