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  • Lot# : 1359 Finland

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    Catalogue# : 2x-19A
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    1856/75: Group 42 stamps used/unused in very different condition, with 1856 10 kop. carmine on wove paper used (3, two cancelled in manuscript only), 10 kop. carmine on wide vertically laid paper used with 'Brahestad' low boxed datestamp (17.11.1859) and in manuscript (Mi 2y), 1856 10 k. carmine on narrow vertically laid paper used with low boxed Börga (1 June 1958) datestamp (Mi 2z), 1860 5 k. rose unused with one pulled and one creased roulette (Mi 3B), 10 k. blue unused of fine frontal appearance but thinned (Mi 4Ca), 1866 5 p. brown lilac unused and used (Mi 5Cx and 5Cy) and a further 5 p. example apparently imperforate with RPS cert. of 1910 ('apparently imperf.'), 8 p. black on green thick paper cancelled by Helsingfors datestamp in blue, 10 p. black on yellow unused and used, 20 p. blue used, 40 p. rose unused and used, 1 m. yellow-brown unused and used; 1875/82 perf. 11 set of seven to 32 p. unused (Mi 12/18) with additional examples of the 20 p., 25 p. and 32 p. unused; an excellent reference group, nearly all with certificates / opinions Schwenson (2000) Mi = EUR 19'600+.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF