Lot
286 P
New Zealand, 1864, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 2d blue, very worn plate, plate proof, on stout unwatermarked paper, block of 18 formed from rejoined blocks of eight and ten (rows 19-20, positions 4-12), margins ample to slightly in at right, two vertical creases and a few pinholes, Very Fine appearance, still a very scarce large multiple, ex-Stanley, Boker and Hackmey. SG No. 113P Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
In 1864 Davies printed a sheet of the 2d from plate I which he sent to Perkins, Bacon with a request for a new plate.
Realized: $1,200