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Auction: 160 - The Henry "Hap" Pattiz Collection of Nepal
Lot: 2185

Hellrigl #34, 1917 ½ Orange vermilion on native paper, imperforate, tete-beche pair, setting 6, the striking used block of 40 being over a half sheet consisting of the top five rows of the sheet, positions 1-8/33-40, contained in this impressive block are the two adjacent inverted cliches in positions 6-7 producing the incredibly rare tete-beche pairs, contains other constant plate flaws including the flattened bottom on inverted cliche position 7, clear and well struck Birganj telegraph cancels, the color of this block is brilliant and intense on fresh paper, margins are adequate to large nearly all around, just into the frame of one stamp at bottom right, a very fine and a beautiful multiple.

This rare block is the second largest multiple of this rare ½a Orange vermilion mint or used. Together with the above block of 54 above they make the only possible complete reconstruction of setting 6. Perhaps of even more significance is the adjacent inverted cliches in positions 6-7 that make a block of four possible with two tete-beche pairs. This is to our knowledge the only known multiple with this unique block. A very handsome block for exhibition purposes; (Scott #11, a; $16,000.00+; S.G. #35, a; £14,000+; catalog values are for 40 used singles, the rare tete-beche pairs being unpriced in Scott or Stanley Gibbons).

Estimate
$3,900