tradition and experience in classic philately since 1919

Lot# 6240 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 6240 Orange Freestate

    1 / 2
    / /
    Download main picture Share
    'V.R.I.' with raised stops 1900 (Post March): 2½ d. on 3 d. ultramarine (a + b), the famous unused block of eighteen (6 x 3) of rich resonant colour, showing the sixteenth stamp (Gi. 116) with Roman '1' and antique '2' in fraction, four stamps (ninth, twelfth, fifteenth and eighteenth stamps) with thick "V", and misalignment of the overprint forme. Fresh and very fine, with large part og. and lower twelve stamps unmounted og. A key piece for the OFS connoisseur, illustrated and discussed in Hisey & Bartshe on pages 173 and 174. Unique Gi = £ 7'125+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Bloemfontein', Argyll Etkin, London, 1 Dec 1999, lot 187.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,500 CHF