Lot 30147 – Sicily Partial Unused and Used Reconstruction of the 5 Grana Plate One

Partial Unused and Used Reconstruction of the 5 Grana Plate One

1859 5 Gr. plate I, unused and used reconstruction. 13 positions missing and 21 positions present in duplicate or triplicate copies. 116 stamps in total of which the majority are used, but with many unused or mint, mostly with original gum, and some without gum. With all of the better retouches of this plate catalogued in Sassone. Pos. 46-48 in attractive mint strip of three. Generally full-margined examples, with a few cut close or into in places. Attractive stamps with fresh colours overall and most with dealers’ or experts’ signatures or handstamps, e.g. Diena (116).