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Related lotRelated to Lot 21128 · Same country / area · Block · Related period
KGV De La Rue printing Seahorse 10s. Deep blue, good to fine used block of four well-centred fractionally E., tell-tale small perforation holes, magnificent colour, merest hint of paper wrinkle mentioned for good form, some perf variation. Individually socked on the nose by large LONDON 5 SEP (19)18 CDS cancels, two/three clear profiles. F-VF multiples are currently commanding 60% (£2,500= price level) of catalogue value levels … TUT start price c.33% of catalogue value disregarding scarce multiple premium, and decreasing… (1 Block 4)
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
perf — Perforation
The rows of holes or cuts between stamps that allow them to be separated; measurements describe the spacing of those perforations.
block — Block
A joined group of stamps, normally arranged in at least two rows and two columns.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Related lotRelated to Lot 21128 · Same country / area · Block · Related period
KGV De La Rue printing Seahorse 10/- Pale Blue fine used fine colour multiple in an extraordinary LONDON contemporary cancelled 18 AUG 1917 BLOCK of FOUR, well centred for these complete with clear 2011 Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) 2011 photo-certificate of authenticity. Infrequently we have seen similar multiples command £2,500= price levels, which is unsurprising bearing in mind how rare such multiples are. Legitimately, typically Channel Islands (tobacco duty) cancelled examples, postally used (London) multiples are rare. (fifteen years later in the 1930's high value denomination multiples may have paid for South American export/London Airmail transits. Doubtless, not unique, but RARE. Catalogued as 4 x singles £3,600=, what catalogue premium for this rare multiple. Gem (1 Block Four RPSL Certificate 2011)
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
block — Block
A joined group of stamps, normally arranged in at least two rows and two columns.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
