Lot 40166 – 1876, 50r blue on bluish paper, vertical block of six mint

1876, 50r blue on bluish paper, vertical block of six from the right of the sheet including part of marginal ABN inscriptions in English and Spanish, unused with part original gum and traces on front in the margin, lovely radiant deep colour and fresh impression; the second largest multiple of this stamp, with only two unused, further enhanced by the scarcer paper; ex Chusyd and Dr. de Amaral Machado.

Note: Only three unused multiples of this value larger than a pair are recorded. Exceptional collections such as those formed by Paulo Comelli and Luis Alemany Indarte only included just one block of four as the largest multiple they could find.