Great Britain 1847 1s pale-green Embossed essay, SG54var.
A very fine and fresh essay of the head without pendant curl and with frames, printed in pale green on previously gummed Dickinson "Silk" thread paper with close to large four margins tied to a small piece, by a London City "14" trial cancellation.
A lovely example of this magnificent rarity.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: EP2a.
Provenance: Ex Beaumont (1965).
SG Catalogue Value: £8,500.
The presses available allowed for only one impression at a time being struck. This resulted in poor spacing so that not only were impressions uncomfortably close together, but in many instances they overlapped. This makes it difficult to find examples of these stamps with good margins. The stamps were printed (embossed) at Somerset House.
