Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 5

1858 (Nov): 80 pa. deep vermilion on white paper, a used horizontal pair with large margins all round, used on small piece cancelled by complete framed "FRANCO / BERLAD" handstamp unusually struck in violet and rare thus (Kiriac fig. 302). Slight thin spot between the stamps in margin only and minor wrinkles but most attractive.