Lot# 7089 - Auction 265-273

Croce di S. Andrea: 1850 Carta a mano 5 c. ochre-yellow type I with complete St. Andrew's Cross at right of the stamp and large sheet margin at base (8 mm), fresh colour and good to large margins all round, cancelled by two strikes of four ring "MILANO 15/12, 4-5 P." cds. Minute thin on reverse of stamp, not distracting from the beauty of this outmost rarity with only four combinations of 5 c. stamps with St. Andre's Crosses known and displayed in the census of Dr. Jerger in 'Allgemeine und besondere Frankaturen' (1983) and the one of Greg Todd (2004).rnSigned Colla; group cert. Ferchenbauer & Matl (2004) Ferchenbauer = € 125'000/Sassone = € 265'000.rnProvenance: Collection Rothschild, Mercury Stamp Company (Oct. 1947), lot 974; Harmers London (1965), lot 11; Collection Renato Mondolfo, shown at WIPA 1981; Collection Dr. Anton & Elisabeth Jerger.