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Lot# 6217 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 6217 Orange Freestate

    1882: 2 d. mauve, an unused interpanneau corner block of four, perforated 12 horizontally x imperforate vertically (issued as perf. 14), from lower left of the lower right pane, from the sheet discovered by Robson Lowe in the De La Rue archive, fine unmounted og. A rare and splendid multiple.rnrnNote: The block represents four of the 60 stamps possible perforated 12 x imperforate. See the attached article / offer brochure from 'The Philatelist' (May 1972) on the discovery of this sheet from the DLR archives. The upper left pane of 60 of the sheet was imperforate x perf. 12 vertically, the upper right pane was imperforate, the lower left pane from which this pair emanates was perforated 12 but had 17 stamps missing, the lower right pane was perf. 12 horizontally x imperforate.rn 
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF