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Lot# 3024 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 3024 Brasil

    30 reis black, Early Impression, a superb used horizontal pair on thin white paper with large margins all round, marginal from top of sheet, Plate 4 (positions 1-2), showing the horizontal frame line at top and part vertical frame line at left; neatly tied to small piece by "CORREIO GERAL DA CORTE" datestamp (1843) in black. The pair lifted for checking, washed and hinged back into position. A delightful and most attractive multiple. Signed A. Diena.rnProvenance: Collection Norman Hubbard, RL, Basel, 18 March 1975, lot 1542; R. Seabra Benavides ('Tijuca'), Torres, London, Autumn 2001; Luis Alemany, Corinphila sale 181, June 2013, lot 174.rn 
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF