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1917: ½ a. orange-vermilion, on medium native paper, Setting 6, an unused block of fifteen with large margins all round, from the lower left corner of the sheet of 64 subjects, positions 41-45 / 49-53 / 57-61,
and showing the tête-bêche pair in the first and second stamps in the bottom horizontal row, of wonderful fresh colour and of great rarity, being the second largest unused multiple with a tête-bêche recorded. Hellrigl stated that no
more than 12 tête-bêche unused or used pairs exist with nine pairs being used and that no more than 100 normal unused examples exist in total. A magnificent multiple for the specialist. Cert. Ceremuga (2021), Hellrigl (1984) Gi =
£ 18'000+. Provenance: Collection W. G. O'Sullivan (acquired Jan 1921); C.T. Sturton (acquired 1941), Dr. P. Couvreur (acquired 1961), sold by George Alevizos, Santa Monica, July 21-22, 1981, lot 880. (Image 1)
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