"Lafayette" Collection
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1849-1850 Ceres Issue
10 centimes bistre-brun tęte-bęche



tęte-bęche in an unused strip of three, original gum, positions 58-60

Provenance:
ex Ferrary  (sale #11, lot 9: 16,000 FF), ex Loeuillet

References:
Ceres #T1a, Yvert #1i

Census of brownish bistre unused:
one block of nine (no gum, with rust spots)
this strip of three
two pairs

Production information:
Two plates of 150 used, one plate had three tęte-bęche clichés at positions 27, 58, and 145. A total of 17.1 million stamps of this value printed in all shades from both plates. Approximately 170 thousand tęte-bęche pairs were issued in all colors.