Lot 483
1986 unissued Football World Cup set of eight...




Auction: 14 September 2022 at 01:00 BST
£55
Estimate: £70 - £80
Description
1986 unissued Football World Cup set of eight in denominations 5ct, 10ct, 45ct, 75ct, $1.50, $2, $4 and $5. Unmounted mint multiples (including se-tenant across gutters, the stamps having been printed in large sheets of four panes of different values). Twenty each of the four low values and forty-seven each of the $ values. Offered with a copy of Kasimir Bileski's account of purchasing the 182 sets from the Format archives via Christie's Robson Lowe, and offering sets at $100 each. Unusual thematic offering




