Lot 30109 – 1872, 1/2 Sen Matsuda printing, plate 4, a complete sheet of 40

1872, 1/2 sen brown, Matsuda printing, plate 4, complete sheet of 40 with margins all around, detailed impression and well centred examples for the most part, including the famous variety “stroke missing in left ‘Ki-Hansen’ ” in position 23, as well as position 24 with “leaf vein missing of paulownia”, freshly preserving its full original gum with all but four examples being never hinged. Gum corner crease at top right and some separated perforations as a result of its fragility, in outstandingly fine condition.

A very desirable and rare complete sheet being the most valuable of the four plates and with the famous “Ki-Hansen” variety. (JSCA ¥750,000).