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  • Lot# : 6738 New Guinea

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    Setting 10 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 8 d. on 80 pf. black & carmine on rose, Setting 10, position 5, an unused example, variety "Surcharge Inverted", of good colour and centering, one blunted perf. at top mentioned for full accuracy, full unmounted og. An extremely rare stamp, as Gibbs records, on page 89, just 3 unused examples, all from this scarce Setting. Cert. BPA (1991) Gi = £ 14'000.rnrnProvenance: Spink, London, 14 Dec 2004, lot 789.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,000 CHF