The Mahendra Sagar Collection of Inverted Centers
October 5-6, 2011
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #258 HUNGARY 1888 5kr rose and black, numeral double, one inverted, h.r., v.f., with 2010 Gabor Visnyovszki certificate ("besides the second numeral it is a fully ready stamp. Probably the ready stamp was put by mistake in the numeral printing machine for the second time, inverted. It may have been taken from the post by stealing the refuse-material but it can also be that it has come out in a legal way (this is less likely). According to my opinion the inverted print is (numeral 5) is original. Similar errors (double or inverted double numerals) are known with other denominations as well") and 2010 APS certificate. A rarity (with normal used copy included for comparison) * Catalog #25var | Unsold |
 | Lot #259 HUNGARY 1921 5,000k dark green and pale blue, Madonna and Child, center inverted, l.h., well centered, faint horizontal crease in bottom margin (which is common to this error), v.f., with clear 1964 BPA and 2002 Philatelic Foundation Certificates. A beautiful stamp. One of the premier Inverted Centers of 20th century Europe and certainly one of the finest of the less than 100 examples reported (used and unused), of which at least 38 are tied up in museums (Mi.379I) * Catalog #386a Catalog Value €15,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #260 HUNGARY 1950 Flowers, 40f imperf. Horizontal strip of five, yellow and mauve background inverted and shifted; also 1.70f perf. Single, red color omitted, plus another with red color inverted, green shifted, n.h., v.f. and scarce lot, with 2011 Philatelic Foundation certificates stating "printers waste". Be it as it may, these are quite interesting inverted colors, scarce (*) Catalog #1113,1116var | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #261 HUNGARY 1973 Paintings, 1f Landscape, imperf. single, center inverted, n.h., v.f., with 2008 K.P.Kalkstein and APS certificates. This is the only modern inverted center from Hungary, only one sheet of 20 printed. Also included are normal perf. and imperf. sets of seven (Scott's No. 2231-37,var) ** Catalog #2233var | Unsold |
