Lot# 6182 - Auction 309-320
Auction 309-320
-> Haiti Liberty Heads 1881-1887 - The Brian Moorhouse Collection
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-> Haiti
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Lot# : 6182 Haiti
1885 (March): 2 c. red-purple, aniline, plate III, perf. 13½, the album page (Edition D'Or 50, page 169) showing the earliest recorded usage on a single example cancelled at "Gonaives" (26 March 1885); a marginal single; piece with 2 c. red-purple in pair (positions 21-22) and a rare horizontal strip of three (positions 23-25); a superb used block of four (positions 19-20 / 29-30) and a horizontal strip of four used on piece (positions 1-4) all are cancelled in Port au Prince in 1885-1886. A splendid and rare grouop - the largest recorded used multiples are units of four stamps.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 350 CHF