Lot 20121 – Bull’s Head 27pa used

27 Parale, black on rose-pink, horizontally laid paper, fresh colour, good clear impression, large to very large even margins all around, showing clear partial cancel from ROMAN in blue, very fine and one of the best example of all the known 27 parales recorded, showpiece

One of only seven examples recorded in private hands from the town of Roman, an additional two of which are in museums

Expertise: Bernard Behr (1985), signed Schlesinger

Illustrated: Heimbüchler I, page 292 (#292/9)