Lot no. 370 •

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1865, 1d. black, the so called „ROYAL REPRINT“, die II, plate 66, block of four, MC / ND, with Watermark „Large Crown“ inverted, good to large margins, large part original gum, minor gum creasing, very fresh and attractive appearance. (S.G.Cat.: GBP 10.000)

Note: The story of the „Royal Reprints“ is, that an application was made upon request of the Royal Family for specimens of the One Penny Black and One Penny Red imperforate as being issued in 1840 and 1841. On September 1, 1865, Ormond Hill requested these stamp issues from Perkins Bacon and he was supplied with printings in black and rose-red from plate 66. The sheets must have been broken up quite early, because Philbrick & Westoby  describe in 1881 an example in black lettered RH. All „Royal Reprints“ on the philatelic market originate from one sheet printed in black and a large part sheet in rose-red comprising stamps from the horizontal F- to T-rows.

Provenance:

As part of a block of nine MC / OE: 
115th. Edgar Mohrmann Auction, November 193, lot 1966
63rd. Corinphila, Zürich, 11 March 1980, lot 1910

As a block of four MC / ND:
Albert Matl Collection (2011)