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Lot# 3700 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 3700 New Guinea

    Setting 1 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 5 d. on 50 pf. black & purple on buff, Setting 1, position 1, a fine used example tied to cover mailed to Sgt. Ben Price at the Treasury in Rabaul, tied by oval RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp (Jan 15, 1915) in violet (Gibbs type 8). Rare and very fine cover Gi = £ 1'000 off cover.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF