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Auction: 160 - The Henry "Hap" Pattiz Collection of Nepal
Lot: 2038

Hellrigl #4, 1881 1a Ultramarine on European wove paper, imperforate, setting 1, unused without gum as issued, top left corner margin block of four, positions 1-2/9-10, showing portions of the inscript6ion at top plus the two types of spearhead ornaments at left which distinguish this setting 1 from settings 2 and 3, large margins on the other two sides, attractive color on fresh paper, very fine; Hellrigl notes that "multiples of this setting are extremely rare as are copies with portions of the marginal inscriptions"; a very desirable block possessing both of these features (Scott #4; $700.00+; S.G. #4; £900+' catalog values are for four singles).

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