Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 2

1840: 2 d. blue, plate 2, a used block of four lettered ND-NE / OD-OE, large margins all round with portions of adjoining stamps on three sides of the multiple, cancelled by Maltese Crosses, somewhat smudged, in black. Ironed horizontal crease on the top pair with trace of hinge thin otherwise fine. A very rare multiple, especially so from plate 2. Cert. RPSL (1977) Gi = £ 22'000.rnProvenance: Harmer Auction (10-11 May 1937), lot 222 (as a part of a block NC/OF); Hassan Shaida Collection, Harmers of Switzerland (13 Feb. 1992), lot 417