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Lot# 5243 - Auction 234-243

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    1859: 20 c. blue, Stone A, the wonderful used horizontal tête-bêche pair, positions 12-13 with position 13 inverted, large even margins all round and frame lines of adjoining stamp at top, in a vibrant bright shade, neatly cancelled by oval CARTAGENA / FRANCA in black. Unique in used condition and a truly marvellous classic philatelic rarity for the connoisseur - as can be amply ascertained by the pair's former owners. Signed A. Diena Mi 4K = € 40'000/Gi 5a = £ 31'000/Scott = $ 32'500.rnrnProvenance: Collection Baron Ferrari de la Renotière, Druout Sale 7, Paris, June 1923, lot 178.rn                       Collection Alfred H. Caspary, Harmers, New York, 2-5 June 1958, lot 842.rn                       Collection Jacobo Neuburger, Corinphila sale 69, Oct 1982, lot 9025.rn                       Collection Hugo Goeggel, Corinphila sale 178, 27 Feb 2013, lot 4324.rn   
    Starting bid : 20,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold