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Lot# 3707 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 3707 New Guinea

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    Setting 1 / GRI and Value 4 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 5 s. on 5 m. carmine & black, Setting 1, position type 4, an unused example from this rare setting, variety "Large "S" from wrong font in 5 s.", centred to right, slight aging as normal otherwise fresh and very fine. An exceedingly scarce stamp, Gibbs states that just 3 unused examples are recorded (page 70) one ex Bute and ex Gibbs, this example and the one housed in the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Signed A. Diena. Certs. BPA (1965 and 1996) Gi = £ 29'000.
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 11,000 CHF