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Lot# 4180 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 4180 Cape of Good Hope

    1880 (Aug): Provisional '3' on 3 d. pale dull rose, the famous unused irregular block of ten, showing mixed surcharge types and Type I showing thick and thin varieties: I-I-I / I-I-I / II-II-II / II, with thin '3' in surcharge on stamp five; fresh and very attractive for such a multiple, some minor aging affecting the reverse and not the appearance, fine large part og. The largest recorded multiple of the mixed types and a great rarity of Cape philately Gi = £ 8'300+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Dale-Lichtenstein, Harmers, Nov 1989, lot 563.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,500 CHF