61st AUCTION - day 4

Venezuela: 1859/1862, Coarse Impression 1r. blue, complete sheet of 100, fresh c

Venezuela

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1859/1862, Coarse Impression 1r. blue, complete sheet of 100, fresh colour, mint original gum, hinged in margins only resp. affecting only one stamp (=99 stamps are never hinged). The sheet shows a rich deep shade with clear impressions of design which is characteristic for the early printings. Thus, it not shows the "White Spot flaw" on pos. 11 which occurs on intermediate and late printings. Four stamps (pos. 66+67+76+77) with centric thin spot, two horizontal and one vertical creases. Only three complete sheets are known. Comprehensive certificate Dr.Heister BPP.

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Condition: ** (mint never hinged)/* (mint hinged)

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Catalog number(s): Sc. 5, Mi. 2 II