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Lot# 4623 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 4623 Paraguay

    1870 (Aug): 3 r. black, an unused block of four, large margins all round and sheet marginal at right, in a rich deep shade, fine unused. A much under-catalogued and appreciated stamp and a superb and extremely rare multiple: probably the finest of the few blocks of four extant. Signed Holcombe, Kneitschel Gi 3/Scott = $ 900++.rnrnProvenance: Collection E. M. de Bustamente, DF, Zurich, Nov 1993; Collection Ramón Benítez Ciotti, Corinphila sale 145, April 2006, lot 4781.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF