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Auction: SW1018 - The Collectors' Series
Lot: 74

France1876-78, 20c. ultramarine on pale bluish, type I, an attractive example of this exceedingly rare unissued value, in a clear impression, slightly centred to top with the perforations being clear of the design all around, with trace of original gum. The scarcest "Sage" stamp, one of the greatest and most desirable rarities of this issue. Cert. Roumet. Maury 73; € 40,000. Photo

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