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Lot# 6705 - Auction 218-221

  • Lot# : 6705 New Guinea

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    Setting 1 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 1 d. on 5 pf. green, Setting 1, positions 5/5 repeated, a used vertical pair on registered cover addressed to Carl Weller (the German Postal Secretary in Rabaul prior to the surrender) with the 1 d. pair cancelled by RABAUL / *Oct 17 1914* datestamp in violet (Gibbs type 2) of First Day of Issue; with, at left, Rabaul 3 d. Registration label (Gibbs 33, Setting A, position 1) cancelled by "Rabaul" handstamp in violet (Gibbs type 5). See Gibbs page 95 for a similar cover. Rare and very fine.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 143, May 2005, lot 4751.

    REGISTRATION LABEL ADDED POSTHUMOUSLY. START PRICE REMAINS THE SAME
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold