Tradition und Erfahrung in klassischer Philatelie seit 1919

Losnr. 5494 - 196.-201. Auktion

  • Losnr. : 5494 Ägypten (Königreich)

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    1914/15: 2 m green, a fine appearing mint example, slight rounded corner at lower left, with clear variety: Double Overprint, fresh and fine, large part og. Extremely rare and under-priced by Gibbons & Nile Post, there being but 9 examples known, six of which are damaged. All emanate from the King Farouk collection. Cert. Hass (1990) Gi = £ 325/Nile Post O11d = $ 500.

    Note: The error occurred when an irregular block of nine was torn from the pane and overprinted. The block was then re-joined to the pane and received the second, double, overprint.

    Provenance: Collection A.S. Mackenzie-Low; Collection King Farouk, (Feb 1954), lot 1027
    Ausruf : 200 CHF
    Zuschlag : 420 CHF