Lot 40180 – 1940 6pf green and 8pf orange, inverted overprint

1940 6pf green and 8pf orange, inverted overprint, the lower denomination mint n.h. and with « 3,60 » sheet margin, the 8pf with most of the o.g. (the 8pf, contrary to what it is stated in the Michel catalogue, does not exist as never hinged, as the complete sheet discovered of the 8pf was stuck to a piece of paper by the post administration in Alsace to be sent back to Berlin for a claim), a rare and very fine complete set; signed Schott (hs in the 6pf and in ms in the 8pf), who discovered the two sheets with the inverted overprints; Mi. €3’600.