tęte-bęche pair on July 28, 1851 cover to United States
Provenance: ex Caspary
References: Ceres
#T1a, Yvert #1i
Census
of bistre brown
shade on cover:
five covers
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.
