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  • Lot# : 1512 Sicily

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    1 gr. brown-olive, 2nd plate on Naples paper in horizontal strip of five (2nd and 5th stamp touched by archival fold), good to large margins with exception of lower left of 1st stamp, all tied by framed handstamp to outer letter sheet from Girgenti (Oct 22, 1859) to Palermo (Oct 24) with dispatch and arrival cds's on front. Rare, fresh and pleasant appearance, largest strip known of this stamp on cover. Signed Enzo Diena.
    1 gr. bruno oliva, II tavola, carta di Napoli, in striscia orizzontale di cinque con pieghe verticali attraverso il secondo e quinto esemplare, su lettera da Girgenti, 22.10.1859, a Palermo, con ampi margini da tutti i lati, salvo parte del margine inferiore del primo esemplare, annullata con timbri a ferro di cavallo. Insieme rarissimo, fresco e di gradevole aspetto, massima striscia nota di questo francobollo su lettera. Firmata Enzo Diena.
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,600 CHF