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Lot# 212 - 181th Auction

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    90 reis grey, Worn Impression, the remarkable 'Semi-Xifopagus' used block of six with large margins all round, from the Composite Plate positions 4-5/10-11/15-16 and showing full sheet margin (13mm.) at base and, at top, both the horizontal frame line and inter-pane dividing line. The block cancelled by six strikes of the Correio Geral Da Corte datestamps (27.10.1844) in black. Some ageing and creasing that does not greatly detract but a rare multiple of great philatelic importance.
    Provenance:  Maurice Burrus (April 1963), lot 1297; Norman Hubbard (March 1975), lot 1613; Benavides ('Tijuca'), Autumn 2001.
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 11,000 CHF