Lot# 117 - Auction 222-226

1849 (Jan): Cérès 1 fr. carmine, an attractive used horizontal strip of five, large margins all round, tarce of ironed bend and the fifth stamp with two closed tears: at top and at right, all cancelled by grill handstamps in black, despite the fault, a fine and attractive strip of great scarcity. Cert. Von der Weid (1993) Maury = € 9'500 as a strip of four.