Lot 60241 – 1855 4d carmine pl.1, wmk small garter on white paper, mint o.g horizontal pair

1855 4d carmine pl.1, wmk small garter on white paper, mint o.g horizontal pair with just the merest trace of a hinge, lovely rich fresh colour, a remarkable piece for the connoisseur and a major rarity of the Queen Victoria era (S.G. £40’000 as singles).

Note: Rikki Hyde records a late printing made in November 1856 and January 1857 on a remainder stock of small garter watermark paper which lacked the blueing giving the appearance of white paper, it is believed these amounted to 1’000 sheets, less than a tenth of the overall print run.