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

1854 (April): Recess by Gillet 5 c. burnt sienna, wmk. 2, a used horizontal strip of four, huge margins at top showing adjoining stamps and large margins on three sides, lightly cancelled by target handstamps in black. A truly magnificent aand extremely rare multiple of this rare stamp Gi 10 = £ 1'800+/Scott = $ 1'200+.
Provenance: Collection Joaquin Galvez, Corinphila sale 62, May 1979, lot 3223; collection Dr. Norman Hubbard, Corinphila sale 131, Oct 2001, lot 6204.