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Lot# 722 - Auction 284 - 290

  • Lot# : 722 Chile

    Printed by Perkins Bacon, London 1853 (July 1): 5 c. red-brown on blued, wmk. 1, a used example of rich colour with Ivory Head, good to large margins all round and thus showing the narrowness of the margins between the stamps of this issue and the difficulty in finding choice examples; cancelled by light target handstamp in black, a fine stamp Scott = $ 150.
    Starting bid : 140 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF