used 2Kr. chrome yellow, first printing, unusually well centered, cancelled by two strikes of "PEST" c.d.s. (3?.7.1873); light thin spot at foot, otherwise a fine example without repairs of this celebrated rarity. Ferenc Orbán Certificate (1994). Zumstein 1A, S.F. 32,500. Photo in colour

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used 2Kr. chrome yellow, first printing, unusually well centered, cancelled by two strikes of "PEST" c.d.s. (3?.7.1873); light thin spot at foot, otherwise a fine example without repairs of this celebrated rarity. Ferenc Orbán Certificate (1994). Zumstein 1A, S.F. 32,500. Photo in colour
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It is thought that a maximum of fifteen examples of the chrome yellow shade have survived.

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