Lot 107
1864 1d Rose red Pl.77....
The J. W. Phillips Collection of Great Britain | 5949
Auction: 18 July 2023 at 16:50 BST
Description
1864 1d Rose red Pl.77. Fine used example of this famous stamp lettered LL lightly cancelled by a London District "80" numeral, clipped perfs at top and left yet despite this it is a very fresh and highly desirable example with cancellation clear of plate numbers. One of the three surviving examples in private hands. An Iconic stamp of Great Britain and World philately. RPSL Certificate (1914) Ex. Latto. Cat £600,000.
Discovered in Mr N V le Gallais in 1906 and passed to C.E.J. Crallan of Jersey who sent it to the RPSL for certification. The certificate is dated December 14 1914 and signed by E.D. Bacon. The stamp was donated by Crallan and sold in the Daily Telegraph stamp auction in London on 28 September 1915 by Puttick and Simpson. The sale was in aid of the Belgian Relief Fund, raised £50 and was purchased by W.S. Brocklehurst. It was sold again in 1955 by Robson Lowe, Lot 635, 9/10 November, Sales 147477 and again at Robson Lowe sale on 10 May 1966 where it made £375. It was owned by Dr Latto who exhibited it in 1974, it then passed onto John Phillips who purchased the item pre-sale via Vessey auctions in 1987 where a price of £18,000 was agreed between John Phillips and Dr Latto the stamp was then withdrawn from the sale, John only displayed the stamp once, to The Great Britain Philatelic Society in 2010.
