A stunning block of the controversial Long One Pound stamp featuring a rare printing variety
Great Britain 1891 £1 green, SG212/a.
A very fine unused, with original gum, bottom marginal block of four lettered 'SA-TB'. The lower pair are unmounted mint, with full original gum, showing "Frame Broken" variety on 'TA'. Folded through perforations and some light gum wrinkling as usually seen on multiples of this size, nevertheless a wonderful positional block with the major plate printing variety.
The broken frame varieties are only found on plate 2 stamps 'JC' and 'TA'.
Exceptional provenance, previously featuring in the iconic and exceptional collection of British stamps assembled by Lou Manzi
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £22,000+.
The "Long One Pound" stamp is a stunning feature of Great Britain’s postal history. They are widely adored amongst collectors, but outside the financial reach of many because they are so rare and valuable.
The unique horizontal format caused a great stir at the time when it was first issued in 1884. These surface-printed stamps were produced by the printers, Thomas De La Rue.
It has an ornate style with corner letters which are different for each stamp in the sheet, typical of the stamps in the reign, to deter forgers.
Initially the stamps was issued in brown-lilac. Due to concerns about a photographic forgery of the £1 brown-lilac around the middle of 1890, it was decided to change the colour of this stamp to green.
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