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Lot# 1885 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 1885 Cyprus

    1880 (April 1): 6 d. grey, plate 16, lettered PA-PD / TA-TD, an unused complete pane of twenty, with full imprints at top "PRICE / 6 Pence per Label / 2 Shillings per Row of 4 / 1 Pound per Sheet of 40", slight crease through imprints, and Plate Number 16 at base with 'Crown / Postage / 6d" in red at left, extra horizontal row of perforations at base through the Plate number, of wonderful colour and freshness but for some minor nibbed perfs. in wing margin at right, superb large part or unmounted og. A magnificent multiple for the connoisseur of philately Gi = £ 10'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection J.C. North, RL, London, 2 May 1956; Stanley Gibbons, London, 23 Nov 1973, lot 40.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 9,500 CHF