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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1067

1859, 120c. blue, an impressive and well margined vertical block of six from the left margin of the sheet, types 15-16 / 17-18 / 19-20. Few faint horizontal creases and negligible traces of removed tone spots, only mentioned for accuracy. As far as we can say, the most spectacular of fewer than five blocks of six recorded, these being the third largest in existence. Cert. Hernández Rocha, Díaz Paulos and Holcombe. Ciardi 10. Ex Hoffmann and Bustamante. Starting Price US$ 1,500

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