Lot 60882 – 1878, 50c buff, second printing plate, very thin wove paper, bogus cancel
Lot 60882 – 1878, 50c buff, second printing plate, very thin wove paper, bogus cancel
Panama
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Price realised
300 EUR
Estimate
150 – 200 EUR
Auction date
Thu 8 Dec 2022 at 15:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1878, 50c buff, second printing plate, very thin wove paper, good margins all around, used with a bogus “Paid” cancel; despite the counterfeited usage, the stamp is genuine and extremely rare with less than 20 examples recorded; signed Darteyre and accompanied by an extensive report on this example by James B. Helme (1989), then stating only ten examples of this value to exist.
Catalogue ref: Scott Scott 4
Auction
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