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Lot# 7017 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 7017 France

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    1850: Cérès 25 c. dark blue, a horizontal right marginal strip of four including tête-bêche pair at left from pos. 131-132, nice deep and fresh colour and good to mostly large margins, showing about 3 mm. sheet margin next to the tête-bêche, tied by clear grid cancels to cover front with adjacent "SAUXILLANGES 10 AVRIL 51" cds, addressed to Riom. The strip with 3 small scissors' cuts in the two right margin interspaces and one slightly into the design of the right stamp at lower right, the tête-bêche stamp with thin, nevertheless a highly attractive and rare multiple. Signed Miro and Cert. Brun (2019) Yv. = 15'000+ / Maury T4 = € 20'000+.rnNote: Following the Maury catalogue, about 30 covers are known with this tête-bêche, the present one showing a triple rate franking up to 100 gr. in the tariff of July 1850.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,600 CHF