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Auction: 160 - The Henry "Hap" Pattiz Collection of Nepal
Lot: 2209

Hellrigl #42f, g, 1917-30 2a Orange brown on native paper, imperforate, reconstructed sheet of 55, setting 28, this setting is the only one that has position 9 only omitted and consists of two blocks with a five stamp overlap both confirming the missing cliche, both blocks have full large margins, cancelled by Kathmandu head office telegraph cancels and both have portions of two different telegraph forms on the reverse, this setting has the same inverted cliches found in positions 8, 14-15, 18, 19 and 48 as setting 27, rich uniform color; very fine; a scarce setting that was soon changed again by eliminating more cliches; (Scott #16, a var.; $831.00+; S.G. #40, a var.; £834+).

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