Lot 30102 – THE FINEST KNOWN TÊTE-BÊCHE OF THE 10K ON WOVE PAPER

THE FINEST KNOWN TÊTE-BÊCHE OF THE 10K ON WOVE PAPER

1856 10k Carmine-rose in a tête-bêche pair, large and even margins all around, very neatly cancelled by three pen strokes on small piece, a superb and exquisite item of great freshness, of the 14 recorded used tête-bêches only 6 are said to be without faults.

Experising: Cert. Gummesson

Provenance: Fabergé (Lot 61), 1940. N°XI « Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps » by L & N Williams.