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Auction: 140 - July Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 779

#J14-26, 1893 "1893/TAHITI" overprint on 1c-2Fr. Postage due, the complete set of all thirteen values, all mint except the 2c and 10c values with neat 1893 or 1894 Papeete postmarks and 30c value with a postmark in the top left margin, generally quite fresh, all with four mostly large margins, including several with sheet-margins, o.g., some h.r. and others l.h., 40c without gum, 2c shallow thin and 40c short tear, otherwise a very fine and choice set; rarely offered as a complete set as only 100 sets are possible; all signed at least once, but most often two or more times by Brun, Calves, Marguelet, Miro, et al (Yvert #TT14-26; €11,390).

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$3,250