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



tęte-bęche unused pair, positions 57-58

Provenance:
ex Burrus

References:
Ceres #T1, Yvert #1d

Census of yellowish bistre unused:
one block of nine
one block of eight
one strip of three
four 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 in all shades were issued.