Lot 1162
1162
unused 1863 CC, imperforate, 1d. lake, variety surcharge omitted, unused with large part original gum, three large margins, design shaved at foot. Very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). S.G. 3b, #10000. Photo in colour.

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unused 1863 CC, imperforate, 1d. lake, variety surcharge omitted, unused with large part original gum, three large margins, design shaved at foot. Very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). S.G. 3b, #10000. Photo in colour.

Lot Essay

Note: Because the fourth application of the forme had been one row too high, it is thought that the fifth forme was also applied one row too high, leaving the bottom row, row 20, without surcharge, creating the six pence lake. Only twelve examples of this error can exist.

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