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Lot# 6731 - Auction 218-221

  • Lot# : 6731 New Guinea

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    Setting 10 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 3 d. on 25 pf. black & red on yellow, Setting 10, position 5, an unused example showing variety "Surcharge Double", of good colour and centering, fresh and very fine, large part og. Gibbs records (page 82) just three unused examples: this example, another ex Bute (lot 63) and the third ex Gibbs (lot 1858). An exceedingly rare stamp. Signed Holcombe. Cert. BPA (1991) Gi = £ 11'000.rn 
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,000 CHF