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  • Lot# : 4138 Romania

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    1858 (July 21): Bull's Head 108 parale blue on rose horizontally laid paper, an unused example of fine colour and appearance with large even margins all round, two vertical creases, one through the left ear of the Auroch, diagonal crease at lower right with two minute paper breaks and only partial traces of original gum. Nevertheless an extraordinary rarity in unused condition, in much better condition than the photo in Handbook I (page 379, illustration 6) would suggest, with just 20 examples recorded by Heimbüchler. Signed J. Schlesinger; cert. Heimbüchler (1997) Mi = € 32'000.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila, sale 107, Sept 1998, lot 1687.rnRecorded by Roggenstroh (circa 1898) and Paul Kohl in the DBZ (1900).
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 34,000 CHF