Lot 81
1854 2d Blue (Die I, Alphabet I, Wmk. Small crown, Perf 16) entire, broken perf pin variety

The Phillips Collection of Great Britain | Part III | S24001
Auction: 4 April 2024 at 12:00 BST
£540
Description
1854 2d Blue (Die I, Alphabet I, Wmk. Small crown, Perf 16). Entire sent from London to Saffron Walden, Essex bearing a block of six 2d lettered LA-NB tied by London City numerals, with the vertical A column showing the ‘broken perf pins’ variety state 4 which normally occurs on the vertical L column (Missing pins 10, 14-16 & 18) at the right of the sheet, this sheet must have been reverse fed resulting in the variety on the opposite side of the sheet. Rare. Illustrated on Page 229 of stamp perforations by Simpson & Sergeant. SG19, Spec. F1var.

