Lot 41011A – 30 CENTESIMI BLOCK OF FOUR FROM THE ONLY ORIGINAL

30 CENTESIMI BLOCK OF FOUR FROM THE ONLY ORIGINAL PRINTING SHEET FROM THE POSTAL ARCHIVE 1850 30C brown type I, earliest printing in block of 4, each adhesive obliterated by thick pen crossing in form of a St.Andrews Cross, large margins allaround, block has been cleaned and shows the typical paper wrinkles from the gum a great rarity for the big exhibition collection Certificates: Enzo Diena and L.Raybaudi Provenance: The Austrian Postal Archive kept original printing sheets from the values of the 1st issue, parts of one quarter of the printing sheets reached over the decades the philatelic world, in this case the block of four comes from the bottom left quarter of the printing sheet. Each value of these proof sheets were obliterated singly against misuse with thick ink crosses.