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Auction: SW1002 - Latin America, including the Tito Collection - Part I
Lot: 1426

The Forgeries & Facsimiles Collection of the Classic Numeral Issues of Brazil. The extraordinary assembly patiently gathered after a lifetime of collecting by the expert Walter Taveira, comprising over 200 examples avoiding duplication and faked cancellations, detailed classified and written-up on 14 pages, exhibiting a wide range of forgery types, also including forged perforations in the "Verticais" and "Coloridos", as well as the François Fournier composite block of 56 including all denominations of  the "Verticais". Most of the material was produced in the XIXth Century. A comprehensive and most difficult assembly. Starting Price US$ 750

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