Description:
1853 Couriers Early Printings on Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 1d pale blue SG 1 horizontal pair, margins good to very large with complete outer framelines, a couple of insignificant surface blemishes, scissor-cut at the base between the units with coincident minor closed tear to the outer frameline of the left-hand unit, unused, Cat £22,000++. One of the most important "Number One" items of Tasmania. Ex Maurice Burrus, Gene Tinsley (front cover of the catalogue) & Koichi Sato (frontispiece of the catalogue): acquired for €10,800. RPSofV Certificate (2016).
Symbol : Ω
Grade : a-
Categories: Stamps & Postal History > TASMANIA