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dream-like works of water lillies
showing part sheet inscription
hardly ever seen so fine
it is available at only a small fraction above the Stanley Gibbons listed catalogue value for the variety alone of £550
A fine mint positional example with original gum
Great Britain 1875 2½d rosy mauve Plate 5 imprimatur, SG138var Sarawak stamps dream-like works of water lilliesGreat Britain 1875 2d rosy mauve Plate 5 imprimatur, SG138var. A very fine and fresh unused, with original gum, imperforate imprimatur lettered OG. Plates 4 & 5 were registered on Anchor Watermark paper though put to press on the Orb Watermark paper. Therefore the only way of obtaining this plate number on Anchor Watermarked paper is from the imprimatur sheet. Very scarce, one of only 22 possible examples many of which are held within institutional