Ceylon 1857-64 ½d reddish lilac on blue glazed paper, SG16

Ceylon 1857-64 ½d reddish lilac on blue glazed paper, SG16Ceylon 1857 64 d reddish lilac on blue glazed paper, imperforate horizontal pair, SG16. Fine used pair with large margins, neatly cancelled by barred ovals which leave profile virtually clear on right stamp. Left stamp with minor marks on reverse and right stamp with slight crease, but a very scarce and attractive multiple in far above average condition for this delicate stamp. Provenance: Ex Sir Ernest de Silva (Harmer Jan 1959). Accompanied with a

now seldom seen in this form

The working die had to be used to apply each impression individually to the printed sheet by hand

the Birmingham Campaign (1963) and the March on Washington (1963)

A list of purchases from Bermuda is also handwritten on the official slip

Die Number above date Uncirculated and graded 82 by London Coins Grading Service and in their holder ALERT ME WHEN ANOTHER IS AVAILABLE >

000 way back in 2004

according to Goldman Sachs

Ceylon 1912-25 6c pale scarlet (single plate)

matching from upper right except 2c (upper left)

purely for accuracy

and is most renowned for 'Daffodils'

Typical perforations and centring for this issue