Great Britain 1840 1d black, Plate 1b, SG2.
A very fine used close to large four margin vertical strip of four lettered 'OC-RC', neatly cancelled by crisp black Maltese Crosses.
An attractive multiple of the first printing plate (repaired) and unusual to find a vertical strip of this size.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: AS5.
Stanley Gibbons do not list the value of a vertical strip of four in their catalogue. They list the value of a block of four (used) from plate 1b at £18,000.
