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Auction: SW1015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 138

1859, 2r. red, the wonderful block of four printed on bluish grey paper, a characteristic which is believed to confer proof status to this printing, positions 56-60 / 66-70, ample balanced margins on three sides with sheet margin at right, fine and fresh. Minute thin speck and corner crease at bottom left, which are of irrelevance for this item. This is an important multiple, being the only recorded of this unissued printing which is believed to be of proof status. An unquestionably significant rarity in the early postal events of Venezuela. Cert. Moorhouse. Ex Lilly, Hubbard and Heister.

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