Lot 30154 – Sicily Partial Unused Reconstruction of the 5 Grana Plate One

Partial Unused Reconstruction of the 5 Grana Plate One
1859 5 Gr. plate I vermilion (shades), unused reconstruction, positions 12 and 58 missing and 6 positions present in duplicate copies. 104 stamps in total of which the majority are unused mint, most with original gum, also some without gum. With all of the better retouches of this plate catalogued in Sassone. Pos. 51-52 and 71-72 in very attractive pairs. 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, like Diena. An exceptional and almost complete plate reconstruction of only mint/unused stamps (104).