Lot 40074 – SWITZERLAND – BASEL DOVE
Lot 40074 – SWITZERLAND – BASEL DOVE
1845 BASEL DOVE: A magnificent marginal example with sharp embossing and deep bright colours, four wide margins including sheet margin of 7mm at the top, tied by red Basel cds on part cover (front and one back flap) with clear BASEL 15 OCT 1846 cancel on reverse, addressee name slightly improved, an exquisite and very rare item, marginal examples of the Basel Dove are extremely rare on cover, illustrated on page 77 in the “Basler Taube” book by Werner Herold.
Expertise: Cert. Enzo Diena (1990) and Marchand (2018)
Estimate : € 20’000 – € 30’000
SWITZERLAND 1845 A magnificent marginal example of the BASEL DOVE stamp with sharp embossing, 4 wide margins including sheet margin at the top, tied by red Basel cds on part cover (front and one back flap) with clear Basel 15 oct 1846 cancel on back, addressee name rewritten, an exquisite and very rare item, only two marginal examples of the Basel Dove are known on cover Cert. Enzo Diena 1990
Basler Taube, lebhaftblau, mit besonders tiefen Farben und schön ausgeprägtem Relief, breitrandig mit grossem 7mm Bogenrand oben, entwertet Doppelkreisstempel BASEL15 OCT 1846 auf grossem Teil eines Ortsbriefes (Adresse wurde teilweise verschönt), Tauben mit einem breiten Bogenrand sind besonders selten, abgebildet auf Seite 77 in “Baslertaube” Buch, Atteste Diena, Marchand (2018)
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