Public Auction 624 Large Hermes Heads (1861-1867) The Wolfgang Bauer Championship Collection, Part II

Ceres essays in blue with control figure "10" at the back, as used for the Paris 1861 10 lepta, 2 examples -one marginal, the other touched at a point. Also three blocks of A.Barres 1859 essays for the Monnaies Francaises in different colours. A nice introduction to the procedure of the production of the Large Hermes Heads stamps.