Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

Issued Stamps 1859 (June 15): (1 d.) blue, wmk. 2, an unused horizontal pair, large margins all round and sheet marginal at right (positions 83-84), with right hand stamp showing the Major Re-entry with doubling of the letters IONIKON and partial extra frame line at base, fresh and fine, large part og. A scarce variety with just 208 examples possible. Scarce. Cert. Simmermacher (1996) Gi = £ 400+.