Lot Essay
NOTE:
This is the only recorded sheet of any shade of the 2p rose
est.
This is the only recorded sheet of any shade of the 2p rose
est.
Twopence
Scott 17 Rose; S.G.16 Deep Rose-Lake
unused 2p rose, complete sheet of twenty, lacking only the right sheet margin, unused with virtually full original gum, wonderful color; creased between the second and third horizontal rows clear of the design; lower right corner stamp with minor creasing or gum bend; very fine; unique. S.G. Cat. £3,200
Details
unused 2p rose, complete sheet of twenty, lacking only the right sheet margin, unused with virtually full original gum, wonderful color; creased between the second and third horizontal rows clear of the design; lower right corner stamp with minor creasing or gum bend; very fine; unique. S.G. Cat. £3,200
Provenance
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1968
Literature
Illustrated on page 107, fig. 54 of Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982