Tradition und Erfahrung in klassischer Philatelie seit 1919

Losnr. 6240 - 244.-249. Auktion

  • Losnr. : 6240 Oranje Freistaat

    'V.R.I.' with raised stops 1900 (Post March): 2½ d. on 3 d. ultramarine (a + b), the famous unused block of eighteen (6 x 3) of rich resonant colour, showing the sixteenth stamp (Gi. 116) with Roman '1' and antique '2' in fraction, four stamps (ninth, twelfth, fifteenth and eighteenth stamps) with thick "V", and misalignment of the overprint forme. Fresh and very fine, with large part og. and lower twelve stamps unmounted og. A key piece for the OFS connoisseur, illustrated and discussed in Hisey & Bartshe on pages 173 and 174. Unique Gi = £ 7'125+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Bloemfontein', Argyll Etkin, London, 1 Dec 1999, lot 187.
    Ausruf : 2.500 CHF
    Zuschlag : 2.500 CHF