Losnr. 4437 - 234.-243. Auktion
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Losnr. : 4437 Oranje Freistaat
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1882: 2 d. mauve, an unused block of sixteen, marginal from top of sheet, divided by interpanneau margin, left half imperforate x perforated 12 vertically (issued as perf. 14), right half of the block entirely imperforate, minor bend of no significance, from the sheet discovered by Robson Lowe in the De La Rue archive, a fine cross-pane multiple of which only 6 further pairs can exist, unmounted og. A very rare and splendid multiple.rnrnNote: The block represents eight of the 60 stamps possible imperforate x perforated 12, and 8 of the 60 stamps possible entirely imperforate. See the attached article / offer brochure from 'The Philatelist' (May 1972) on the discovery of this sheet from the DLR archives. The upper left pane of 60 of the sheet was imperforate x perf. 12 vertically, the upper right pane was imperforate, the lower left pane from which this pair emanates was perforated 12 but had 17 stamps missing, the lower right pane was perf. 12 horizontally x imperforate.Ausruf : 1.200 CHFZuschlag : 1.900 CHF -
