Provenance:
ex Ferrary (sale #11, lot 155:
10,200 FF), ex Gill and Burrus
References:
Ceres #T17A, Yvert #18Bc
illustrated
in 1975 Yvert & Tellier Specialisé
catalog
illustrated in 2000 Yvert & Tellier Specialisé
catalog
Census
of unused:
two pairs, the other without gum
block of four
Production
information:
The same two plates were used to print
7.1 million copies of the rose 80 centimes stamp. One tęte-bęche cliché was
at position 150 (the lower right-hand corner of the sheet) of one of the plates.
Consequently, it can be estimated that only about 24 thousand tęte-bęche
pairs were printed.
