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Lot# 1511 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 1511 Brasil

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    90 reis black, Early Impression, the famous mint horizontal strip of five from the Second Composite Plate, State A, positions 1-5, showing the vertical marginal connecting line to the 60 reis pane at left, and the full horizontal marginal line at top; a fantastic multiple in a rich shade and of immaculate appearance, one minor bend mentioned for complete accuracy and of no significance and not affecting appearnce of this truly magnificent strip - one of the key items for the Brazil classic philatelist, the second largest mint multiple of the 90 reis.rnrnProvenance: Collection Henry J. Duveen, New York, 1922; Collection Aragao, Corinphila sale 42, Jan. 1955, lot 6131; Corinphila sale 54, Oct. 1970, lot 5168; Collection Tevfik Kuyas, May 1978, lot 178; Collection Norman S. Hubbard, May 1986, lot 2087; Collection Hugo Goeggel, Corinphila sale 178, Feb. 2013, lot 4147.
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 17,000 CHF