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  • Lot# : 4438 Orange Freestate

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    1882: 2 d. mauve, an unused vertical pair, perforated 12 all round (issued as perf. 14), marginal from left of sheet with pencil annotation in margin "(Co)lour No", the pair from the sheet discovered by Robson Lowe in the De La Rue archive, fine unmounted og., together with a matching vertical pair, perf. 14, in bright mauve. Cert. RPSL (1977).rnrnNote: The pair is one of just 43 stamps possible perforated 12 all round. See the attached article / offer brochure from 'The Philatelist' (May 1972) on the discovery of this sheet from the DLR archives. The upper left pane of 60 of the sheet was imperforate x perf. 12 vertically, the upper right pane was imperforate, the lower left pane from which this pair emanates was perforated 12 but had 17 stamps missing, the lower right pane was perf. 12 horizontally x imperforate.rnrnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons, London, 22 Jan 1990, lot 363.rn                   Collection 'Tobias', Spink, London, 15 July 2010, lot 2323.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold