Lot 20213 – 1924 Olympic 50c IMPERFORATE vertical pair tied to cover by BRIEY / MEURTHE ET MOSE Sep 21st 1924 cds

1924 Olympic 50c IMPERFORATE vertical pair tied to cover by BRIEY / MEURTHE ET MOSE Sep 21st 1924 cds, registration label adjacent, arrival backstamp, envelope with vert. crease away from stamps, very fine and extremely rare, signed Calves, one of the rarities of the 1924 Olympics issue, ex Manfred Bergman.

Note: 5 sheets with the perforations displaced to the right (affecting the first column of 5 stamps) were discovered at the Epinal Post Office by two postal clerks, making the stamps imperforate on three sides. Of the 25 that could exist, only 11 have been found (6 covers with a single, 1 cover with a pair and a used strip of three)