Lot# 5590 - Auction 234-243

1870 (Aug): 2 r. dull blue, the famous unused block of nine (3 x 3), marginal from left of sheet, with large margins all round, of vibrant colour, one stamp with small nick not affecting the appearance, fresh and fine, unused with large part og. The second largest recorded multiple of this stamp and a rarity of South American philately. Signed Holcombe.rnrnProvenance: Collection Louise Boyd Dale & Alfred F. Lichtenstein, Harmers, New York, 5-7 May 1970, lot 886.rn                   Collection E.M. de Bustamente, DF, Zurich, 1-6 Nov 1993, lot 30640.rn                   Collection Benitez Ciotti, Corinphila sale 145, 5-8 April 2006, lot 4770.rn