"Lafayette" Collection
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1849-1850 Ceres Issue
1 franc carmin tęte-bęche

tęte-bęche unused pair

Provenance:
ex Ferrary (sale #11, lot 89: 35,000 FF), ex Hind and Dwight

References: 
Ceres #T6, Yvert #6e
illustrated in 2000 Yvert & Tellier Specialisé catalog

Census of unused:
three pairs, this the finest
one strip of five

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.