(1)
Categorie
1879 (Feb 8): Postal Notice from the Berne Office of the UPU ...di più
1879 (Feb 8): Postal Notice from the Berne Office of the UPU headed
"Annexe A La Circulaire Du Bureau International" and dated below,
with "Colour Chart" for both the size of future definitive adhesive
stamps and their colour uniformity: 5 Centimes in green, 10
centimes and 25 centimes in blue. This Annexe was enacted almost
universally thereafter - for example Great Britain 1879/80 values
were thus: ½ d. green, 1 d. red and 2½ d. blue; Belgium 1883/84 5
c. green, 10 c. rose and 25 c. blue; Denmark 1884 5 ö. green, 10 ö.
red, 25 ö. blue etc. A marvellous item, replete with printed letter
from Berne to the London GPO detailing the countries who felt the
measure inopportune (France & Colonies, Russia), those that desired
to do it but without current facilities (Argentina, Netherlands and
Switzerland) and the 20 countries who had agreed the measure. Edge
wear to the document. Rare and important piece of philatelic
history. Provenance: Collection ‘Severin’, Corinphila, 26 April
2012, lot 4018.
Corinphila stamp auction
Lotto 90020
LIVE!
5000.00 CHF
(app. 5412 EUR)
Sold
(app. 5412 EUR)
Tempo attuale 6.04.am - 06:30 MET