1849-1850
Ceres Issue
1 franc vermillion
terne "etrusque" tęte-bęche
tęte-bęche in used strip of three, plate 1, positions 34-36
Provenance:
ex
Champion
This item was
saved from destruction by a postal clerk who retained possession until
1931 when it first appeared on the philatelic market.
References:
Ceres
#T7B, Yvert #7da
Census:
only reported example of error in vermilion "etrusque" shade
Production
information:
Two
plates of 150 were used, plate one had tęte-bęche cliché at position 35. A
total of only 122 thousand vermilion stamps were returned to the Post Office in
December 1849 and annulled or destroyed. The strip above is from that
group.
