Losnr. 3925 - 227.-233. Auktion
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Losnr. : 3925 New Guinea
Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 d. on 20 pf. ultramarine, Setting 2, positions 5-6, a horizontal pair used on small piece, creased between the stamps, showing variety "Surcharge Double, One Inverted", the inverted surcharge being Setting 2, positions 9-10, the pair neatly tied by oval RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp (Jan 6 1915) in violet (Gibbs type 8). Gibbs (19e, page 79) states a possibility of 15 examples but with a question mark and records no used specimens. An exceptional and extremely rare pair in superb quality. Signed Bartels. Cert. Holcombe (1991) Gi = £ 12'000. rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 143, May 2005, lot 4770.Ausruf : 4.000 CHFZuschlag : 5.500 CHF