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    1866/68: 1 r. deep ochre-buff, on batonné paper, the unused complete sheet of 90 subjects in a golden shade, two stamps cut round and replaced back (pos. 10 and 81), showing the full marginal framelines on all four sides (not meeting at corners), the vertical frameline at right with additional thin line, the sheet showing the prominent Plate flaws: position 45 with broken outer frameline at right, Position 50 with "Extended "R" in Correos", position 66 with "Diagonal Scratch from Centre Circle to Base", position 71 with "Line through Real", position 81 with worn state of "Gash in Right Vertical Frameline", position 83 with cliché damaged at SE corner, position 90 with rounded SE corner, closed tear affects two stamps but largely fine with large part or unmounted og. One of two sheets recorded on this paper, both originally discovered and purchased by Charles J. Phillips of Stanley Gibbons in the early 1900's, a rarity.rnProvenance: Collection Fiorenzo Longhi.rn 
    Starting bid : 1,750 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF