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Réunion, 1852, 30c Black on Blue, extra large balanced margins all around, intense detailed impression on brilliant paper, without gum as issued, a Superb gem, ex-Champion; signed by Holcombe, Brun, and Calves, with 2009 Brun and 2016 Behr certificates. Scott No. 2 $39,000.
AN EXTRAORDINARY UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1852 30C BLACK ON BLUE, ONE OF THE FINEST KNOWN EXAMPLES. AN EXCEPTIONAL RARITY IN COMPLETELY SOUND CONDITION.
There are only a tiny number of unused examples known surviving today and unlike the example offered here they practically all have faults to some degree and have the margins into the frameline.