Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 3

1847: Embossed 1 s. pale (sage) green, Essay without the Pendant Curl added later, with complete frame, printed on Dickinson silk thread paper, a fine example, fresh and very fine with large part og. Extremely rare and probably one of the finest known examples Gi EP2(a) = £ 8'500.rnProvenance: RL, London, 11 June 1952, lot 502; Collection Ernest Dale, SG, London, 10-11 June 1969, lot 221; Collection John. O. Griffiths, RL, London, 29 Sept 1982, lot 299; RL, London, 18 April 1984, lot 401; Collection Wade, Phillips, London, 20 March 1997, lot 127.rnrn