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Lot# 1487 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 1487 Collections/lots Europe

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    1938ca. Five large paper sheets, each with souvenir sheet "Historic Monuments" from Spain, issued in 1938, printed on the right side (originally printed in multicolour-rotogravure), while on the left side there are prints or illustrations of four non adopted stamps, first for a 2 Lepta stamps for Greece, second a 2 D(inar) stamp for Yugoslavia, evoking Montenegro issue 1910, third a portrait of King Albert from Belgium and fourth and last a portrait of Kemal Ataturk. Theses sheets are said to originate from the archives of Orell Füssli, long-established printer in Zurich, printer of the first stamps of Switzerland Zurich 4 and Zurich 6 in 1843 and also valued printer for bank notes etc. and, who indeed was also the printer of the aforesaid souvenir sheet. The paper is thin un-gummed and of bright-greenish colour. Sold as is.rn 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF