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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1041

1858, 180c. dark green, an astonishing reconstructed transfer block, composed of 30 types, including all different existing shades, all with complete to mostly good margins. Some stamps show the slight faults usually associated with this issue. Most of the copies come from the original reconstruction composed by Hoffmann. The stone was composed of repeats of a transfer block of 30, with the bottom rows being a mix of transfers and including one transfer inverted. An excellent reconstruction of which at most three are recorded. Cert. Hernández Rocha, as well as Díaz Paulos for some examples. Ciardi 5-5e. Ex Hoffmann. Starting Price US$ 5,000

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