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1849-1850 Ceres Issue
25 centimes bleu tête-bêche

tête-bêche marginal pair on November 27, 1851 cover, plate 2, positions 131-141

Provenance:
ex Loeuillet

References:
Ceres #T4, Yvert #4c
illustrated in 1975 Yvert & Tellier Specialisé catalog
illustrated in 2000 Yvert & Tellier Specialisé catalog

Census of pairs on cover:
twenty nine pairs on cover are reported, ten of these are faulty or cut in
this example is the finest example on cover

Production information:
Three plates of 150 were prepared but only two were used, plate two had tête-bêche cliché at position 131. A total of 45.2 million stamps were printed. Approximately 136 thousand tête-bêche pairs were issued.