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Lot# 1743 - 205-209 Auction

  • Lot# : 1743 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 13x
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    20 pa. red on wove paper, an extraordinary complete sheet of 200 examples (8 + 12 x 16) with alternating type I and type II in a fresh shade with full sheet margins all round and full original gum. The sheet was folded vert. in the middle and hor. between the 10th and 11th row, paper broken below the 5th and 13 th row and stabilised with hinge bridges, with these exceptions and some hinges in the sheet margins the stamps are unmounted, an appealing and interesting item. Mi = € 9'000++.

    Note: While 2 pa. yellow and 5 pa. blue were only printed in sheets of 192 stamps in 16 rows with a mean vertical distance of 4.0 - 4.5 mm, the 20 pa. stamp was printed with two different plate settings. The first 1864 printrun had a plate setting identical to the two lower values. However, in order to achieve a  number of 200 stamps per sheet, the second printrun in 1865 was printed with a modified plate setting including eight additional stamps in an additional 17th row at top leaving the place for four stamps at left blank. The vertical distance between the stamp rows had to be reduced to 3.0 - 3.8 mm.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF