Lot 1371

GREAT BRITAIN QUEEN VICTORIA ISSUES PLATED 1841-1900, (un)used fantastic collection plates of the Queen Victoria issues housed in 2 enormous specially made albums, these are the largest albums we have ever seen(70x50cm and 60x40), starting with the 1d. red from plate 71 till 225 lettered from AA till TL ofcourse plate 77 excluded but with 5 ex. of plate 225, then ½d. rose-red 1870 plate 1 till 20 lettered AA till TX included 5 ex. of plate 9, in this plate also many unused ex., many plates of the further issues including many high noted stamps plated including S.G. 140, 2½d. rosy mauve with error of lettering LH-FL for LH-HL(plate 2) but also some high shilling values. The collection was formed by Zenop Bey Meranedjian, he won with this collection a gold medal Diplome in Paris and Vienna in 1894, later he formed an other album for the later issues. This is one of the most fantastic collections we have ever seen in the largest albums ever seen, the catalogue value of this collection is tremendous