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  • Lot# : 6726 New Guinea

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    GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 d. on 10 pf. carmine, an unused example with error of surcharge "G.I.R. / 3d.", surcharged with wrong value and with "G.I.R." for "G.R.I.", well centred with some nibbed perfs. at base but of good colour, with slight gum crease on part og. Just 5 unused examples recorded (Gibbs 18f, see page 77), this being the Bute example. A major rarity. Signed David Field. Cert. Holcombe (1999) Gi = £ 13'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 106.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF