Provenance:
ex Champion,
ex Loeuillet
References:
Ceres #T3a, Yvert #3e
ANPHILEX '96 exhibit catalog (as part of "Layfayette"
collection)
illustrated in 2000 Yvert & Tellier Specialisé catalog
Census
of unused in all shades:
block of thirty is the largest reported multiple of the 20c tęte-bęche in private
hands
three blocks of nine
two blocks of six
three blocks of four
two strips of three
six pairs
Production
information:
Six plates of 150 used, plate one had tęte-bęche cliché at positions 92, 110 and
148; plate three had tęte-bęche cliché at position 93; and plate five had
tęte-bęche cliché at position 115. A total of 41.7 million stamps were
printed. Approximately 175 thousand tęte-bęche pairs were issued.
