Malta 1872(c.) ½d yellow-buff imperforate plate proof, SG10 Swaziland stamps but almost coincident with the

but almost coincident with the inked overprint

at an early period of the Session

the stock of postage stamps started to run out

It is accompanied by an information booklet from the HM Yacht Britannia ‘for members

Malta 1872(c.) ½d yellow-buff imperforate plate proof, SG10 Swaziland stamps but almost coincident with theMalta 1872(c.) d yellow buff imperforate plate proof in thick glazed wove, 'CANCELLED' (type D7), SG10. A magnificent block of 12 (6x2) being the bottom two rows of the lower left pane showing plate number "1". A superb and very rare positional multiple, with one of the two possible plate numbers from the one sheet believed to have existed (the other being from the upper right corner of the sheet). Provenance: Ex Lord Vestey Collection and R. C. B.