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Lot# 5633 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 5633 Peru

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    1860/61: 1 d. blue, First Retouch, Cornucopia on white ground, the exceptional block of twelve (4 x 3) on linen piece, large margins all round, the fourth stamp with tiny marginal tear at top and the twelfth stamp with contemporary diagonal fault, all cancelled by fine strikes of straight line OTUSCO handstamps in red. A great rarity of Peruvian philately: the largest known block of this setting and an item of the highest Exhibition calibre.rnrnProvenance: Collection Joseph Schatzkès.rn                   Collection 'Crown Point', Corinphila sale 131, Oct 2001, lot 6885.rn                   Corinphila sale 151, Dec 2007, lot 3765.rn                   Collection Julion Lugón Badaracco, Corinphila sale 187, May 2014, lot 5081.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF