Lot 65836 – 1858-62 Britannia Issue 1/- vermilion showing the Perkins Bacon “CANCELLED” handstamp

1858-62 Britannia Issue 1/- vermilion, very large balanced margins, showing a crisp part strike of the Perkins Bacon “CANCELLED” handstamp [6], taken from the single block of six that was originally presented to Ormond Hill in 1861, a superb example and the finest of the five recorded examples (S.G.34, £11’000).Provenance: Peter Jaffe, “Port Louis”Expertise: Cert. David Brandon (2009)