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Lot 52



German States; Saxony, 1850, 3pf Brown Red on Wrapper, Michel #1c, Type 1/5 tied on original printed matter, canceled by one-circle postmark "Zittau 16 AUG 50", single rate printed matter inside the German-Austrian Post-Union, "has on the bottom and left bright margins, cut on the right side and touched at top, both cut lines are partly visible, intensive colored and seems because of the lightish paper-color very contrasty…, the print failures behind the big digit '3' are caused by using a bit dryly print-color…", asking advice of a saffron dealer, beautiful little cover just showing hinge marks when it was mounted to an oldtime collection. Firm Heintz & Kreiss, Hanau (Hesse) mailed in Zittau. 2018 Vaatz cert. incl. English translation.
Scott #1b $28,000.
Michel €35,000. Very rare and a new discovery! .
Estimate $6,000-8,000.

 
Realized $5,750



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