GB QV SG51 11/2d Rose Red BL Pl 3 Imprimatur Mint Ex. Verus Very Rare
£1,750.00Price
1870 1½d rose red Plate 3 imprimatur, SG51.
A superb mint right hand marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered 'BL'. No faults.
Extremely rare, one of only 23 possible examples many of which are in institutional collections.
Plate 3 was registered on 13 April 1874 and put to press on 10 August 1874.
These imprimaturs represent the first sheet printed of a stamp issue from the approved and finished printing plate, the equivalent to the first edition of the stamp issue.
Provenance: Ex. "Verus".
SG Cat Value: £6,000.