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The Islander Collection of Colombia continued...

Colombia 1859 First Issue - 5-Centavos Tete-Beche Error
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
177° og 1859, 5c Blue Violet, Tete-Beche Pair (3a).> Stone B, Positions 42-43, horizontal pair, original gum, large margins to clear, couple vertical gum creases and two tiny thin specks in margin<><>^VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENTAVO1859, 5c Blue Violet, Tete-Beche Pair (3a). Stone B, Positions 42-43, horizontal pair, original gum, large margins to clear, couple vertical gum creases and two tiny thin specks in margin

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENTAVOS TETE-BECHE ERROR.

The shade of this tete-beche pair is distinctly more violet than the typical Blue. There is no tete-beche multiple in the Reddish Violet shade, which only comes from Stone A (the inverted transfers were on Stone B).

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