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Lot# 5352 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 5352 Costa Rica

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    Guanacaste 1885: 10 c. orange, the unused horizontal strip of six, showing four different types of the "Guanacaste" or "GUANACASTE" overprint reading down in black, first two stamps with lower case overprint (20 mm.), third stamp with large upper case (19. 5 mm.), fourth and fifth stamps with small upper case (15 mm.) and sixth stamp with long upper case overprint (21.5 mm), fresh colour with a few hinge remnants, large part og. A magnificent and rare, most probably unique, multiple.rnrnProvenance: Collection Baron Ferrari de la Renotière, Druout, Paris, sale 13, June 1925, ex lot 5.rn                   Collection Frederick Mayer.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF