U.S. and Worldwide; The "Aurora" Collection of R.S.F.S.R.
February 8-10, 2011
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #433 FRANCE 1853-60 Empire, 20c blue, type II, bluish paper, tete-beche within a block four, original gum (heavy h.r.), large margins all around, beautiful color, lower right stamp with a faint thin which does not affect either horizontal or vertical tete-beche, fresh and v.f. One of only three 20c tete-beches known (all are unused) including the Burrus block of thirty, a major Classic rarity, with 2007 Calves cert. (YT 14c)  *Catalog #15f Catalog Value €200,000 | Price Realized $70,000.00 |
