Auction 90, Session 2 - Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal History
Lot 894:
1922-23, definitive issue, soldier 100r orange, corrected perforated sheet (from 70r to 100r), plate No.4 at bottom left, several folds along perforations, still fresh, full OG, NH, VF, the lot additionally included normal sheet of 100 without correction (the same plate No.4) and pane of 25 with the error. Several issues of these stamps were carried out, one of which had the error 70r instead of 100r occurred at the third quarter on position 12 (position 72 of a sheet of 100), at the same time at position 17 there was the ”smoking soldier” variety. Presented sheet is without variety on position 72, which was corrected, while it has ”smoking soldier” on appropriate position 82. It’s the second time we have chance to offer appropriate ”70r-100r” correction in our Auction. In the first time it was sold in Auction #87 for $1,600 plus appropriate fees. In our opinion this sheet is a rarity, Est. $750-$1,000, Sc. #237, a
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