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Lot# 5169 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 5169 Chile

    Recess at Santiago Post Office, Final Printing 1866: 5 c. rose red, wmk. pos. 3, the unused block of twelve from Plate I, positions 1-4/13-16/25-28 with marginal lined and part CORREOS watermark at left, with generally large margins all round and of rich colour, some thin spots but with large part og. An impressive block, the largest recorded unused multiple from this printing. Cert. Corinphila (1996).rnrnProvenance: Collection Joaquin Galvez; Collection 'Islander', Corinphila sale 95, Dec 1996, lot 975.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF