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  • Lot# : 2042 France

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    1875/80: Essay for proposed UPU / Type Sage issue: "Unification D'Un Timbre Poste Internationale De L'Union Postale / Spécimens & Système Garanti Contre Toute Fraudes / De MM. J. A. Pichot & Eugène Pichot / Imprimeaur, Graveur-Lithographe, 72 Quai Jemmapes / Paris" with 15 values from 1 c. to 5 fr. in varying background colours imperforate on thin white paper with all values in red, thin and pinhole above the inscription away from the stamps. A scarce item; for a further, slightly different example of this Essay, see the 'Severin Collection', Corinphila sale 174, lot 4048.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF