Lot 10319 – 1878, 1,000r grey slate, the finest block of ten used

1878, 1,000r grey slate, the phenomenal horizontal block of ten from the right of the sheet, exhibiting the ABN « American Bank Note… » marginal imprint within the area of the lower right stamp, decoratively cancelled with each stamp showing a strike, uncommonly neat applied, of the « Rio de Janeiro/23 Jan 84/(3. T.) » cds; the vastly superior quality example of only four blocks of ten recorded, being the second largest 1,000r multiple known.

Provenance: Alemany Indarte and Dr. de Amaral Machado.