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Lot# 459 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 459 Egypt Kingdom

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    1914: De La Rue Pictorial Issue, the unused Imperforate set with watermark upright, in large multiples: 1 m. sepia, 2 m. green and 3 m. orange-yellow, 4 m. vermilion, 5 m. lake and 10 m. dull blue all in matching unused blocks of 40 with inter-pane pillars at top and sheet margins on both sides, 20 m. olive, 50 m. purple and 100 m. slate all in a blocks of twelve (3 x 4) with one horizontal row on each with unobtrusive crease, 200 m. maroon in a block of sixteen (4 x 4), again with one row with unobtrusive crease, all unmounted og. An extraordinary set and extremely rare.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF