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Lot# 3729 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 3729 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 2, an  unused example, variety "Surcharge Double, One Inverted", of good colour and reasonable centering, the Inverted Surcharge being Setting 11, position 4; the original surcharge being misplaced to left. An extremely scarce stamp, Gibbs records, on page 89, a possible 20 unused examples but this appears to be an over-estimation in this describer's opinion. Cert. Holcombe (1993) Gi = £ 7'000.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,400 CHF