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Auction: SW1015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 101

1859, 240c. vermilion, large margins all around, in combination with 1860 thick figures 120c. blue, a marginal copy from the right of the sheet with mostly excellent margins being a subtype 12 showing uneven outer frame line at bottom of left margin, both tied by 14 October 1862 Montevideo datestamp on cover at five-fold rate not exceeding 1 1/4 oz to Buenos Aires, carried by scarcely used “Menai” vessel. A rarity of great freshness in superb quality, with no more than three covers recorded bearing this delightful franking. Cert. Hernández Rocha and Scheller, signed Bloch. Ciardi 12, 16.

Estimate
€4,000