Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 3

1840: 2 d. deep blue, Plate 2, lettered FD, a used example with large margins all round and tiny portion of adjoining stamp at right, superbly cancelled by Irish "323" numeral obliterator of Galway in black. A beautiful and rare usage Gi DS7 = £ 1'300 / Gi 5i = £ 2'000.rnProvenance: Spink, London, 11 June 1997, lot 174; Spink, London, 10 June 1998, lot 1407.