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Auction: 6010 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World - Washington Philatelic Exhibition Auction
Lot: 81

Cape of Good Hope 1861 "Woodblock" Four Pence Vermilion Error Of Colour The famous and celebrated block of four comprising the error se-tenant with three 1d. vermilion, bright shade with a hint of carmine, clear margins on three sides and on part of the fourth side, each pair sharing a single fairly light strike of the triangular obliterator; a few small stains, crease and tear, nevertheless a great rarity. R.P.S. Certificate (1925). S.G. 13/14e Estimate US$ 100,000-120,000provenance: Count Von Ferrary, Sale 2, October 1921 R.F.A. Riesco Alan Stevenson, November 1950 W. D´Arcy Hall, November 1962 "Maria de la Queillerie", May 1970 Sir Maxwell Joseph, October 1982 "Maximus", September 1989 "Bonaventure", September 1993 Ad Indhusophon, May 1999 Note: Only three errors of colour are recorded as existing in multiples larger than a pair, the others being in a block of three on cover in the Sir Maxwell Joseph sale and in a block of four in the Dale-Lichtenstein sale

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$150,000