Lot 70125 – 1859 Dardenne Issue, 1d. Red, large to huge margins,

1d. red, large to huge margins, showing bright colour, lightly struck by “Paid” in circle cancels, an extremely fine used example (S.G.41a, £1800).

Expertise: Cert. David Brandon (2012),

Provenance: Arthur Hind

Maurice Burrus, October 1963 (Lot 206)

Hiroyuki Kanai, November 1993 (Lot 232)

Note: Although there was large spacing between stamps, single examples are rarely found with margins this wide.