Lot# 6299 - Auction 257-264
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Lot# : 6299 Venezuela
St. Thomas 1864 (July): Waterlow printing ½ r. bluish-grey, perf. 13, with 'Q' in Paquete, intended for use in St. Thomas, an unused irregular block of 34 from lower right corner of the sheet, showing all five Types: 3-4-5-1-2-3-4-5 across the three upper horizontal rows and Types 1-2-3-4-5 in the lower block of ten, this being watermarked T.H. SAUNDERS, partial imprint '(Waterlow &) Son, London' in margin at base, minor crease but near full original gum, of excellent colour for this delicate stamp and now most probably the largest multiple extant. An exhibition piece. Rare.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 2,000 CHF