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Auction: 15USA - The William H. Gross Collection
Lot: 53

S.G. #14c, 1861 4p Deep bright blue ""Wood Block"", an incredibly handsome used square pair of this rare shade, quite likely the finest used pair of this stamp in existence, featuring large to mostly enormous margins all around, beautifully rich color and impression on bright fresh paper, unobtrusive triangular postmark, displaying a vertical verge line, extremely fine; a magnificent classic multiple for the finest collection; each time this extraordinary pair has made an appearance on the auction market it has garnered considerable bidder attention, along with impressive realizations; 1928 RPS certificate (pair subsequently removed from original piece); ex-Riesco, Dale-Lichtenstein and ""Salisbury"" (Sco Estimate US$ 24,000-30,000

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$37,075