Lot
373 
Great Britain, Inland Revenue Official, 1892, Queen Victoria, £1 green, lettered K-D, o.g., rich deep color, bright and very fresh, diagonal gum crease at right, Fine appearance; with 1895 & 2005 R.P.S.L. certificates. Scott No. O15.SG No. O16 £12,500 ($15,180).
AN ATTRACTIVE AND RARE ORIGINAL GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1892 £1 INLAND REVENUE OFFICIAL HIGH VALUE.
Two Royal certificates accompany. The first, a relic from the early days of stamp collecting, is dated "Nov 27, 1895" (certificate number 213), just 3½ years after this adhesive was issued. It shows the stamp with its side and top sheet margins still attached and now removed.