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Lot# 4267 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 4267 Seychelles

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    1893: 3 c. on 4 c. carmine & green, Die II, the extraordinary cover front to Paris showing variety "Surcharge Inverted", no less than eleven examples of this variety, one with contemporary corner fault, all tied by "B64" obliterators in black. "Seychelles" code C datestamp below (10 Oct 1893) in black alongside octagonal "LIGNE T" datestamp (Oct 17) and carried by "La Ville de Ciotat" to Marseille. A spectacular and unique franking Gi = £ 3'750+.rnrnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons, Johannesburg, 15 Oct 1975, lot 432; Collection R.A.F. Winchester, Sotheby's, London, 19 July 1996, lot 333.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF