Lot 41197 – 1896 Group of 6 proofs in sheetlets of 8 by E. Mouchon

1896 Group of proofs by E. Mouchon of the 1/4g green, 1/2g salmon, 1g blue, 2g brown, 4g red-brown and 8g mauve, with each value in a sheetlet of 8 stamps on yellowish wove paper with SPÉCIMEN ovpt, which were for a planned issue of new stamps and postal stationery dies, from which the three lower values were used on postal stationery, unrecorded in literature and possibly unique, cert. Sismondo (2012)