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Auction: 160 - The Henry "Hap" Pattiz Collection of Nepal
Lot: 2226

Hellrigl #43h, 37c, 1917-30 4a Dark green and 1a Dark green error of color with recut frame, imperforate, tete-beche pair, setting 12, positions 6-8/14-16, unused top right corner block of six, (3x2) without gum as issued, position 8 is the 1a value error of color and being inverted is tete-beche with adjacent 4a values, deep color and a scarcer shade on fresh thin native paper, immense wide selvages and ample to large margins on the other two sides, very fine; a very rare and desirable error multiple; only 50-60 examples of the 1a error of color believed to exist; 1984 Hellrigl certificate (Scott #17, c; $858.00+; S.G. #41, b; £830+).


Estimate
$230