Sale 989 — 2010 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 19 June, 2010
Category — France
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
335
FRANCE, 1871, 15c Bister on Yellowish, Tete-Beche (56a; Yvert 59b). Horizontal strip of three, right two stamps face-to-face tete-beche, two perfect strikes of "3325" in diamond of dots cancel, light horizontal crease, right stamp expertly repairedFINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USED TETE-BECHE PAIR OF THE 1871 15-CENTIMES ISSUE.
The tete-beche is only known from Position 80 of the sheet of 150.
With 1975 Calves certificate. Yvert e22,000 for the pair. Scott Retail for the pair
13,500
2,800
