1849-1850
Ceres Issue
1 franc carmin brun tęte-bęche
tęte-bęche
with "barbiche"
variety on November 7, 1851 cover , plate 1, positions 34-36
References:
Ceres
#T6c, Yvert #6Ba
Census of covers:
this is the only reported example of this shade on cover
Production
information:
Two
plates of 150 were used for the one franc. Plate one had tęte-bęche cliché
at position 35. This plate was used to print the carmine browns. A total of
260 thousand stamps were printed including only 1700 errors.
The "barbiche" variety (with beard) is a printing flaw that
developed in the latest stage of the plate. A close up of the pair with right
stamp showing the variety is here.
