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Lot# 219 - Auction 250-256

  • Lot# : 219 Tasmania

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    Chalon Head Issues 1858: 1 s. vermilion, wmk '12' upright, a wonderful used horizontal strip of four, large margins all round and imperceptibly touched at top on first two stamps, of good colour and cancelled by "59" numeral obliterators of Launceston. First stamp with minor vertical crease but a charming and extremely scarce multiple.rnProvenance: Collection Sebastian Earl, RL, Geneva, 25 April 1980, lot 2223; Collection Professor Enrico Bombieri, Christie's, Melbourne, 28 March 1999, lot 1098.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF