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Lot# 6717 - Auction 218-221

  • Lot# : 6717 New Guinea

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    Setting 1 / GRI and Value 4 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 2 s. on 2 m. blue, Setting 1, position type 2, a fine used example tied to small piece by complete strike of oval RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp (Jan 15, 1915) in violet (Gibbs type 13). A fine example of a very rare stamp, just 113 of the 2 mark values were overprinted. Cert. Holcombe (1991) Gi = £ 4'000.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 28 Jan 1998, lot 1525.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF