Special Jubilee Auction #203 - Euro (€)

30 CENTESIMI BLOCK OF FOUR FROM THE ONLY ORIGINAL
PRINTING SHEET FROM THE POSTAL ARCHIVE

1850 30C brown type I, earliest printing in block of 4, each adhesive obliterated by thick pen crossing in form of a St.Andrews Cross, large margins allaround, block has been cleaned and shows the typical paper wrinkles from the gum
a great rarity for the big exhibition collection

Certificates: Enzo Diena and L.Raybaudi

Provenance: The Austrian Postal Archive kept original printing sheets from the values of the 1st issue, parts of one quarter of the printing sheets reached over the decades the philatelic world, in this case the block of four comes from the bottom left quarter of the printing sheet. Each value of these proof sheets were obliterated singly against misuse with thick ink crosses.