Malta 1872(c.) ½d yellow-buff imperforate plate proof, SG10 Swaziland stamps east London

east London

A stunning example of this famous British high value stamp design

at an early period of the Session

Plates 1 and 2 were put to press on 5 April 1893

Malta 1872(c.) ½d yellow-buff imperforate plate proof, SG10 Swaziland stamps east LondonMalta 1872(c.) d yellow buff imperforate plate proof in thick glazed wove, 'CANCELLED' (type D7), SG10. A magnificent block of 12 (6x2) being the bottom two rows of the lower left pane showing plate number "1". A superb and very rare positional multiple, with one of the two possible plate numbers from the one sheet believed to have existed (the other being from the upper right corner of the sheet). Provenance: Ex Lord Vestey Collection and R. C. B.