Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas Americas (North, Central & South America) - Day 1

1859: First Issue, 2½ c. green, strip of four, used on piece with 5 c. violet, tied by manuscript "Nare Nov. 21 1859", strip showing the colour printing degradation, three sides cut into, otherwise good margins, the 5 c. good to large margins, two small holes to piece one through the fourth Scott 1, very scarce example; one of just two recorded strips of four. Cert. Bortfeldt (2006). Ex the Brian Moorhouse Estate.