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Lot# 4038 - 177-180 Auction

  • Lot# : 4038 Brasil

    30 reis grey-black, Intermediate Impression on greyish paper from the First Composite plate, a fine used horizontal pair from the top left corner of the pane (positions 1-2) but differing from Napier's illustrations of the states but showing the marginal lines at top and at left, cancelled in manuscript with "Agencia do correio da va. de Santarem 16 de Abril de 1845" - a probably unique cancellation. Signed Calves.
    Provenance: Collection Koester, Corinphila sale 70 (March 1984), lot 4542.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF