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

1844/46: Inclinado 600 r. black on thin greyish paper, the unused horizontal pair with ample margin at top and large on three sides, closed scissor cut in margin only at top away from the design. Just one block of four, one vertical strip of four and three mint pairs are recorded by Taveira (see pages 274-286). An exceptionally rare multiple for the connoisseur. Signed WHC (William H. Colson), A. Diena.
Provenance: Collection Maurice Burrus, RL, London, 4 April 1963, lot 1314; Corinphila sale 55, Zurich, April 1972, lot 4559; Collection Pracchia, DF, Zurich, 16-21 Nov 1987, lot 60259; Collection Angelo Lima, DF, Zurich, 1-6 Nov 1993, lot 30156; Collection Angelo Lima, DF, Zurich, 2-8 Nov 1996, lot 21182.