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Lot# 791 - 196-201 Auction

  • Lot# : 791 Colombia

    1866: 20 c. light blue, the extraordinary complete mint sheet of 121 subjects (11 x 11), with full sheet margins all round, position 40 with lithographic Transfer Flaw defective 'O' in CENTAVOS, the sheet with some creasing and minor thins but with large part original gum. The sole recorded complete sheet of this stamp and of great rarity thus Gi 46 = £ 4700+/Scott = $ 5'000+.

    Provenance: Collection Larsen, Corinphila sale 47 (Dec 1960), lot 3871; Collection Jairo Londoño de Tamayo, Corinphila sale 90 (Oct 1994), lot 6811.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF