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Auction: 159 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1434

#86, 87, 1898 1c Dark Blue and 2c on 1c dark blue, the revenue stamp provisionally overprinted and surcharge for postal use, these were issued in sheets of 100 with an overprint setting of fifty (10x5), a selection of large multiples, nearly all at least full settings including two 1c full sheet of 100, one perf. 12x14 the other perf. 12, plus an irregular block of sixty (no complete setting), and a complete setting block of 50, both perf. 12, the 2c on 1c Surcharge has three setting blocks of 50, perf. 12, 12x14 and 14x12, no selvages are present on any sheets or blocks, separation is present including a block of ten separated from the rest but part of the original setting block, all with o.g., the perf. 12x14 sheet is n.h., each block has up to ten stamps hinged, the rest are n.h. though there is some very light disturbance from interleaving, a few mostly minor faults are found on a few individual stamps, overall fine-very fine.

Estimate
$80