Lot 30270 – 1875, 45 sen syll. i (1), full sheet of 40

1875, 45 sen rose-carmine, syllabic 1 (i), complete sheet of 40 which appears to have been completed by the addition of positions 1 and  » (this characteristic being omitted in the Robert A. Siegel « Isleham » sale of 1986), displaying numerous examples with an outstandingly good centring, deep and sharp impression resulting in an overall phenomenal freshness, exhibiting plate varieties in positions 12, 32, 37 and 39. Very fresh cracked original gum with thin paper reinforcements along some perforations. A really minor imperfection with a small rub in the south east corner example, otherwise superb.A very rare and desirable sheet of the highest denomination in this very early issue of worldwide philately depicting birds. (JSCA ¥3,500,000).Provenance:Robert Levy (Robson Lowe, 20.2.1962, lot 561)Bernard Peyton (« Isleham », Robert A. Siegel, 25.5.1986, lot 3115)