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Auction: 160 - The Henry "Hap" Pattiz Collection of Nepal
Lot: 2149

Hellrigl #23a, b, 1899-1907 ½a Black early printings on native paper, imperforate, tete-beche pair in top right corner block of eight, setting 3, positions 5-8/13-16, unused without gum as issued, position 7 is the inverted cliche, plus transfer cliche plate flaw in position 6 of flatten base verifies that this is setting 3, large to extra large margins, medium paper of more inferior quality, very fine; Hellrigl notes that tete-beche pairs that can be positively identified as setting 3 are very rare(Scott #10 var.; S.G. #22, a; £620+).

Estimate
$100