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Auction: 177 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 400

Nepal
1917-30, 1a Emerald error of color on native paper, imperforate, complete sheet
of 64, setting 27, state 2, an early printing of this second state before the major plate flaw of a wide cut in the left frame of position 10 occurred, neatly cancelled by Birganj telegraph cancels in each block of four, ample to large full selvages all around, this setting characterized by nine inverted cliches in positions 15, 18, 23, 27, 37,40-41, 51 and 64, attractive color, usual paper flaws typical of this thin native paper, else a very fine sheet of this error of color rarity. This is the ultimate multiple of the Emerald Error of Color, of which only 300-350 examples are estimated to exist. This is one of two sheets known. Hellrigl reported only one sheet in the Skinner collection; the example offered here believed to be a different sheet that was quite likely the one sent by Stoney to Smythies in 1946 and reported in PJI; a great rarity and worthy of exhibition in the finest collections of Nepal; 1984 Holcombe certificate (Hellrigl 36, a; Scott 23,a var.; S.G.26b, ba; £27,400+).
Used

Estimate
$5,000 to $7,500

Starting price
$3000