David Feldman's 22nd Rarities of the World Auction June 6, 2019

Rarities of the World – 132 – 60114 F SBK 8a 1845 Basel Dove, the rare bright blue shade, fresh colours and very good margins all around with part of neighboring stamp at top, wonderful embossing of the dove, tied by red BASEL 5 DEC 1845 cds on folded local cover addressed to Herrn Mieg, illustrated on page 87 of the “Baslertaube” book by Werner Herold, described as from 1846, superb and rare in this quality (SBK 8a. CHF 50’000) Expertise: cert. Renggli (2003) and Marchand (2019) Estimate: € 15’000 - 20’000 Switzerland – Basel