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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1012

1856, 80c. green, the astonishing left sheet-margin block of four, positions 16-17 / 21-22, still with traces of original gum, very fresh impression displaying complete margins to enormous at left. Lee, who owned the other block of four and the famous ´´Ferrer Block´´, received from Sciarra a detailed photo of this block, which become essential for his plating studies and enabled him to identify for the first time 29 of  the 35 positions. The second largest multiple recorded, being one of only three in existence of all ´´Diligencia´´ values, of which two are blocks of foure, being a multiple originating from the complete sheet broken up by Dr. Wonner in the 19th Century, which perfectly adjoins the famous ´´Ferrer Block´´, also offered in this sale. Cert. Hernández Rocha. Ciardi 2. Ex Wonner, William T. Hall and Sciarra. Starting Price US$ 30,000

Sold for
$50,000