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Lot# 3728 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 3728 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 8 d. on 80 pf. black & carmine on rose, Setting 2, position 5, a used example, variety "Surcharge Double", of good colour and centering, tied to small piece by oval RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp (6 Jan 1915) in violet (Gibbs type 8). An extremely scarce stamp, possibly unique, as Gibbs records, on page 89, a possible 15 unused examples from two different settings but records no used examples. Cert. Holcombe (1992) Gi = £ 8'000.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 84, Oct 1992, lot 6362.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF