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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1031

1858, 240c. dull vermilion, unissued ´´Diligencia´´, an incredible block of four of crisp impression, with mostly large margins, just clipped at top and small place at bottom left, showing white plate flaw in bottom left spandrel. Tone spots on reverse, hardly visible on front, as well as faint vertical gum crease, not detracting. Dr. Wonner, who discovered this multiple, was the first great collector of Uruguay in the XIXth Century. Illustrated in the ´´Uruguay Filatélico´´ of 1956. An extremely elusive multiple, being this the only block of this value recorded, regarded as one of the two most important items of these fascinating never issued ´´Diligencia´´. Cert. Hernández Rocha. Ciardi. 3A. Ex Wonner and Hoffmann. Starting Price US$ 8,000

Sold for
$8,500