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  • Lot# : 3750 New Guinea

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    Setting 11 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 d. on 10 pf. carmine, Setting 11, surcharge positions 1-2-3-4, the famous unused vertical strip of four with "Surcharge Sideways, Reading Up", fresh and very fine, large part og. Mentioned in the Gibbs handbook on page 115 and illustrated on page 116. Unique. A great rarity of British Colonial and Australasian philately. Signed David Field Gi = £ 40'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 198.rn                   Collection Lt. Col. J. R. Danson MC., RL, London, 7 Oct 1959, lot 269.rn                   Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 1989.
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 22,000 CHF