1849-1850
Ceres Issue
1 franc carmin tęte-bęche
tęte-bęche in block on September 5, 1851 cover to Russia, plate 1, positions
34-45
Provenance:
ex
Loeuillet
References:
Ceres
#T6, Yvert #6e
Census of covers:
two blocks on cover, the other is a repaired block of twelve to Peru
ten other pairs or strips on cover
Production
information:
Two
plates of 150 were used for the one franc. Plate one had tęte-bęche cliché
at position 35. Both plates were used to print 2.13 million stamps. A total of
7,100 errors were printed.
