Ordre d'achat - Galerie Dreyfus

64 SYKE PROVISIONAL. 1873: 1 groschen red, Small Shield, the vertical bisect F 50 000 - 65 000
(right half of stamp) used on Official cover to Barrien, tied by bold strike of
“SYKE 26/4” datestamp in black., prepaying the local rate in full.
Extraordinary cover in excellent quality and extremely rare. Listed by Rohlfs
as No. 12; however this cover was the first example of this bisect to come to
light, discovered in 1918. Certificate BPB (2005). Ex Kosack sale, Berlin
(1931).
Cat. 4H
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