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Lot# 6758 - Auction 218-221

  • Lot# : 6758 New Guinea

    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 d. on 10 pf. carmine, Setting 2, a used horizontal pair on 1915 cover to addressed to Victoria, neatly tied by RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN oval datestamp (Jan 4, 1915) struck in violet (Gibbs type 8), with manuscript Censor at lower left "Passed C.W.C." in red ink. Slight closed tear in envelope at upper left, however a very rare issue on cover.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 143, May 2005, lot 4775.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF