Losnr. 6739 - 218.-221. Auktion

Setting 6 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 8 d. on 80 pf. black & carmine on rose, Setting 6, position 2, a fine used example cancelled by both oval RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp in violet (Gibbs type 8) and straight line "Herbertshöhe" also in violet (Gibbs type 19). Scarce and most unusual. Opinion Holcombe (1993) Gi = £ 600.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 143, May 2005, lot 4771.