Sale 973 — 2009 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 13 June, 2009
Category — The Jonathan Rose Collection of First Issues of the World (Switzerland)
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ZURICH, 1846, 4r Black (1L3; Zumstein 1W). Large margins to barely touched at top left, tied by well-struck cross in rosette from Winterthur on small green pieceVERY FINE AND CHOICE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE ZURICH 4-RAPPEN CANTONAL ISSUE ON A SMALL PIECE. A GREAT RARITY OF SWITZERLAND..
The 4r was designed to pay the local rate for mail sent within a city of the canton. As such, very few were used.
With 1998 von der Weid certificate.
22,500
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