Lot 50081 – 861 3d Rose RF ABNORMAL plate 2 state 1 with no dots and shaded splandrels, imperf. imprimatur

1861 3d Rose RF ABNORMAL plate 2 state 1 with no dots and shaded spandrels, imperf. imprimatur, just touched at top right otherwise good margins, exceptionally fine and very rare and certainly one of the finest of only 25 examples possible existing, of which only 17 remain in private hands (SG £9’000)

Note: This stamp is notoriously difficult to get in fine condition, the majority being cut-into, creased, rubbed, thinned, etc.