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1858 (Nov 1): 40 parale blue on bluish wove paper, a superb used vertical tête-bêche pair from the centre positions of the sheet of 32 subjects, with huge margins all round and of fine delicate colour, cancelled solely by italic RECEPISSE (registered) handstamp in blue-green (Kiriac fig. 1471). A much under-catalogued variety in this describer's opinion, a delightful classic rarity. Just two, perhaps three examples recorded, a beautiful and rare pair in pristine quality and of impeccable provenance. Certs A. Diena (1970), Heimbüchler (2015) Mi = € 9'000 Provenance: Rothschild Edwardo Cohen Peter Brodtbeck Marcel Kottelat Fritz Heimbüchler.
