Auction #368- Day 1

1 sgr. light brownish-red (chair pâle) with good to large margins, in combination with 1859, Coat of Arms 40 c. orange in horizontal strip of 4, nice fresh colour and clear to large margins, all tied by cds. "LUXEMBOURG 4 JUIN" to large part of oversized registered envelope to Germany; the strip with tiny marginal nick in the left stamp and 2nd of left with tiny tear at bottom, just touching the design, otherwise very fine. A combination of greatest rarity with an extremely rare multiple of the 40 c.; certificate Demuth BPP (1985)
Provenance: Juan del Puente (Corinphila 1985)