Lot 70094 – 1858 108 Parale blue on pink, extremely fine examp
Rarities of the World
Price realised
50’000 EUR
Estimate
50’000 – 60’000 EUR
Auction date
Thu 7 Dec 2017 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1858 108 Parale blue on pink, extremely fine example, sharp impression in deep black, good to large margins all around, neatly tied by crisp “JASSY / MOLDOVA / 29.10” small double-circle cds in blue to complete registered entire addressed to Galatz, showing straight line blue “RECEPISSE” alongside, smearing of original registered number corrected, a stunningly colourful & beautiful example of this rarity on cover
Expertise: Signed Giulio Bolaffi, A.Bolaffi, A.Diena & S.Sorani
Certificates Giulio Bolaffi, A.Diena & Heimbüchler
Background: Heimbüchler census no. 404/10; of 30 recorded covers or fronts with this value, 14 have not been seen since 1950 and another one is in a museum
Provenance: John Lek, 1959
Tomasini, 1969
Estimate: € 50’000 – € 60’000 Catalogue ref: 4
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