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Lot# 1863 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 1863 Ceylon

    1857 (April 1): 6 d. purple-brown, Perkins Bacon Plate Proofs on blued paper, a horizontal strip of four (pos. 30-33), a horizontal pair (138-139), a vertical pair (150/162),  a marginal block of six (109-111 / 121-123) and a block of nine (135-137 / 147-149 / 159-161), all with faults, the bigger blocks rejoined and margins touched to large but a very scarce group.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF