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Lot# 6719 - Auction 218-221

  • Lot# : 6719 New Guinea

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    Setting 3 / GRI and Value 4 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 3 s. on 3 m. violet-black, Setting 3, position type 4, a fine used example of good colour and centering with small part oval 'Rabaul / New Britain' datestamp at left in violet, one perforation at right appears to have been restored / repaired. Nevertheless just 87 of the 3 mark values were overprinted. A very rare stamp Gi = £ 7'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 32.rn                   Rarities sale, Spink, London, 4 June 2003, lot 200.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF