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Auction: 18054 - The 'Hermione' Collection of France, 1849-1950
Lot: 1199

France
1944 Liberation of Paris
Miniature sheet with the inscription "liberation de paris/25.8.1944." in two lines instead of four, additionally with frame line missing, unused without gum; fine. An extraordinary and very significant post war rarity with only two items known. Calves Certificate (1998). Spink Maury BF4a, €78,500. Photo

On 29 August 1944 it begun the production of the "Marianne of Dulac" postage stamps by the Thomas De La Rue printer in London. Various essays were executed including the 2fr.40c. block of four on gummed paper. These blocks were typographically printed and subsequently overprinted with the inscription of the Liberation of Paris.



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€14,000