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The Ferrer block is a corner block of 15 of the 80 centésimos green 1856 'Diligencia' (Suns) postage stamps, and is regarded by many philatelists as the most important item of Uruguayan philately. Fred Melville, speaking philatelically, called it "one of the seven wonders of the world".〔"The Spell of the 'Suns'" by Nils Farnstrom in ''The London Philatelist'', Vol. LXVIII, No. 798, May 1959, pp. 94-95.〕 It is the largest known multiple of this issue of which only a few blocks are known to exist. Most of the plating information about this issue has been derived from this one block. ==The 'Diligencia' stamps== The postal services in Uruguay organised by the stagecoach companies, issued on October 1, 1856 the so-called 'Diligencia' (stagecoach stamp). This issue was intended for correspondence carried by stagecoach. There were three values: * 60 centésimos blue, for single page letters * 80 centésimos green, for two-page letters * 1 real red, for three-page letters. The stamps were issued in sheets of 35, printed on white woven unwatermarked paper at the Mège Lithograph Workshop of Mège y Willems Printing Ltd in Montevideo. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ferrer block」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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