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Auction: 166 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 577

Hellrigl #7b, c. 1886-89 1a Dark blue, early printings on native paper of good quality, imperforate, complete sheet of 64, setting 8, unused without gum as issued, a similar sheet to the above showing all the features of this setting as described there with three inverted cliches in positions 52, 59 and 62, plus the constant and progressive plate flaws, this sheet has rich dark blue color on quite fresh paper (small light stain in the bottom margin), normal light and unobtrusive horiz. and vert. folds between rows in the center of the sheet, very fine; Scott #7 var, a var.; S.G. #7, a, £9,920+.

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