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)