Lot 410
E
1936 dark blue 1d and 2d Background Trials, for the 1840 1d and 2d: Fresh, crisp impression of the sample plate first executed by Perkins, Fairman and Heath circa 1822 and submitted to the Bank of England with a proposal for printing banknotes. The background lattice pattern of the Penny Black & Twopenny Blue is clearly discernible. One of five colors reprinted in 1936 for philatelists. Immaculate and a key bit of history of the design development of the world’s first stamps.139mm x 200mm, ex Dillaway. S.G. Spec. DP9; £1,500 ($2,050).
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