“Diligencia” Issue URUGUAY THE - Investphila

Uruguay
689 �/(�) 1858, 240 c. brown red, the stunning complete reconstructed transfer block of 29 types including
blank space in position 23, all copies showing four margins comprising several examples with
outstanding margins. This value printed in brown red is of great scarcity and most of the copies
in existence come from one multiple cut up by Belgian dealer Moens in the late 19th Century.
Due to the rarity of this stamp, it is almost certainly impossible to complete another transfer
block, with this reconstruction only being accomplished for the first time by Roberto Hoffmann
after a lifetime of collecting. The stone of 204 subjects was composed using a transfer block of
30 (including black space) six times repeated, with the bottom two rows of the stone utilising
the top four rows of a transfer block (see diagram in lot 687). Most of the copies are in very fine
condition, with some items originating from the Lee collection. The only known reconstructed
transfer block in the brown red shade, an extraordinary assemblage impossible to duplicate. Cert.
Hernández Rocha and Díaz Paulos. Ciardi 6b; Yv 6b. Ex Hoffmann.
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Starting Price €
The Unique Transfer Block Reconstruction of the 240 Centésimos Brown-Red Printing
25’000