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Lot# 6299 - Auction 257-264

  • Lot# : 6299 Venezuela

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    St. Thomas 1864 (July): Waterlow printing ½ r. bluish-grey, perf. 13, with 'Q' in Paquete, intended for use in St. Thomas, an unused irregular block of 34 from lower right corner of the sheet, showing all five Types: 3-4-5-1-2-3-4-5 across the three upper horizontal rows and Types 1-2-3-4-5 in the lower block of ten, this being watermarked T.H. SAUNDERS, partial imprint '(Waterlow &) Son, London' in margin at base, minor crease but near full original gum, of excellent colour for this delicate stamp and now most probably the largest multiple extant. An exhibition piece. Rare.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF