DOUBLE HEADS
Sets : ½d : 1d : 2d
 -  1d
RA10000
1910 1d carmine-red. Vertical pair, major variety IMPERFORATE BETWEEN. Very fine mint. A great rarity of the Double Head issue. Clear BPA certificate (1977, then listed as SG 123a). Ex Vestey (2015, lot 39). SG 124a
 
Note: we have been able to trace eleven examples of this variety, eight of which are mint including four contained as one unit within a block of eight.
 
It is apparent from the plated pairs and differences in shade and impression, that two sheets each had one row imperforate: one sheet between rows six and seven and the other between rows nine and ten.
 
It is also noteworthy that four pairs (1 to 4 below) were originally adjacent.
 
1) Used pair, positions [57/67] on ‘ABC Dyer’ cover. Ex Gibbs (1987), Brickman (2024)
 
2) Mint pair, positions [58/68]. Damaged (tear, crease and thin). Ex Gibbs (1987)
 
3) Mint pair (offered above), positions [59/69]. BPA certificate (1977). Ex Vestey (2015)
 
4) Mint pair, positions [60/70]. BPA certificate (1976). Ex Besançon (2020), Gibbs ‘Cottonwood’ (June 2021, lot 38)
 
5) Mint pair, lower left corner marginal, positions [81/91]. Ex Sinton (1955).
 
6-9) Four mint pairs within a block of eight stamps. Positions [82/92-85/95]. Ex Vestey (2015)
 
10) Mint / used pair, positions unknown. Mint with gum, the upper stamp with postmark. Ex Uria (2012)
 
11) Mint pair, positions unknown. Damaged (torn through, creased and, thin). Ex Simpson (1982), Birkhead (1986).
£17,500