File:Stamp Buenos Aires 1859 "In Ps" Blue Tete-Beche pair.jpg
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English: 1859, 1p ("In Ps") Deep Blue, Tete-Beche pair from positions 33/41 from the lower left corner of the sheet, top stamp the inverted cliche in second setting, minor faults but lightly cancelled with black ponchito leaving ship design clearly visible.
This is one of the world's great philatelic rarities being the only surviving tete-beche pair of the Barquitos issue. Ex Alfred H. Caspary, Lars Amundsen, Joseph Schatzkes, John R. Boker Jr., and Gabriel Sanchez. Exhibited in Aristocrats of Philately displays at Ameripex in 1986 and Anphilex in 1996. Illustrated in Encyclopedia of Rare and Famous Stamps by L. N. Williams. Sold by Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale - 957 The Islander Collection of South America - June 5-6, 2008 Price realised $575,000. |
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| Source | Lot No. 82 Robert Siegal Auction 957 June 5-6 2008 |
| Author | Unknown author |
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