Sale 989 — 2010 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Saturday, 19 June, 2010

Category — France

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
318
 
Sale 989, Lot 318, FranceFRANCE, 1860, 80c Rose on Pinkish, Tete-Beche Pair (20a). Back-to-back arrangement, huge margins to clear, cancelled by neat strikes of "1896" in diamond of dots cancels

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE SOUND USED TETE-BECHE PAIR OF THE 1860 80-CENTIMES NAPOLEON III ISSUE. A BEAUTIFUL TETE-BECHE PAIR.

The only recorded tete-beche position on this sheet is from Position 150 from the right pane. The example offered here shows part of the sheet margin at right and bottom. Only three unused are recorded.

Yvert e15,000.

13,000
6,250