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Lot# 3197 - 205-209 Auction

  • Lot# : 3197 Nepal

    Telegraphic Period 1929/30:  2 a. dark-red brown, Setting 30, a complete unused sheet of 53 showing the blank spaces at positions 1, 9 and 49; very blurred printing in a rich shade on very thin native paper, showing (just) the inverted clichés on positions 8, 14, 15, 18, 19 and 48 and the consequent tête-bêche varieties. Rare and most unusual, the sole recorded complete sheet, discussed by Hellrigl & Vignola on page 148 Gi = £ 1'200+.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF