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Auction: 160 - The Henry "Hap" Pattiz Collection of Nepal
Lot: 2231

Hellrigl #43h, i var., 37c var., 1917-30 4a Dark green and 1a Dark green error of color with recut frame, pin-perforated, complete sheet of 64, setting 12, another perforated sheet of this last setting, this lacking perforations between selvages and the stamps all around, lending credence to the trial perforation theory of Smythies, unused without gum as issued, position 8 is the 1a value error of color and being inverted is tete-beche with adjacent 4a values, three inverted 4a cliches are found in positions 54, 56, 57, large well balance selvages all around, this sheet is also in the scarcer dark green color, very fine and rare (Scott #17, c var.; $5,540.00+; S.G. #41, b var.; £3,382+).


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