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Auction: 16USA - The Frederick R Mayer Collection of Costa Rica
Lot: 157

#59 var.-68 var., 1c-2Col 1907 Portraits, Centers Inverted, the celebrated and unique set of all seven value that exist with an inverted center (1c, 2c, 5c, 20c, 50c, 1Col, 2Col), plus an extra 5c with center inverted and shifted to the bottom left, well centered and fresh, 2c unused and with repaired corner, others all o.g. and very fine; [cr][lf][cr][lf]Since only one example of the 50c value is known, this is the only possible complete set available, and it has always traded hands as a set at least since the Bonilla-Lara sale in 1961. The other values are also quite rare, with only three to five examples of the 1c, 20c, 1Col and 2Col known.[cr][lf][cr][lf]One of the highlights of the Mayer Costa Rica collection and certainly a ""must"" for the Inverted Centers of the World collector; ex-Bonilla-Lar Estimate US$ 12,500-15,000

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$60,000