Lot 51462 – 1859 Lapirot 2d. blue, DOUBLE IMPRESSION at top, used

1859 Lapirot 2d blue, early impression, pos.11, showing partial double impression at top, a largely margined example cancelled by barred oval hs, closed vertical tear -quite skilfully repaired- from the top to the bottom tablet, and tiny portion of the margin at right also repaired, nevertheless an extremely rare variety, this example being, according to our knowledge, the only recorded in the early impressions, ex “Tatiana”, cert. BPA (2021).