Lot 30029 – The Passer Block
2pi black on blue, red control

Lot 30029
Turkey » Tughra Issue » 1863-65 1st Printing: Narrow Spaced, Thin Paper
Price realised
10’000 EUR
Estimate
20’000 EUR
Auction date
Mon 23 Sep 2013 at 14:30 (Europe/Zurich)
Description:
The Passer Block
2pi black on blue, red control band at top & bottom, used vertical bottom marginal BLOCK OF SIX. The bottom right hand stamp is set approximately 1mm lower than the left stamp, thus proving that it belongs to a separate block report.
The largest recorded used multiple
Note: Illustrated in Pulhan (1974) page 106 & Basaran (2007) page 60
Provenance: Passer, Brandt, KuyasCatalogue reference: 1
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