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Lot# 5081 - 186-190 Auction

  • Lot# : 5081 Peru

    1 dinero blue, first retouch with cornucopia on white ground, the extraordinary used block of 12 used on linen piece, with good margins for this stamp, the twelfth stamp with contemporary diagonal fault, all cancelled by straight line OTUSCO handstamps in red. An exceptional and extremely rare multiple from this setting - the largest known block.

    Provenance: J. Schatzkes.
                            'Crown Point', Corinphila sale 131 (Oct 2001), lot 6885.
                            Corinphila sale 151 (Dec 2007), lot 3765.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold