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  • Lot# : 3753 New Guinea

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    Setting 11 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 3 d. on 25 pf. black & red on yellow, Setting 11, position 2, an unused example of good colour, showing variety "Surcharge Inverted", fresh and fine, superb large part og. A tremendously rare stamp, Gibbs, on page 117 of the handbook states that only 2 of the possible 5 unused examples have been recorded, this being one of the two. Signed David Field; cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 13'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 184.rn                   Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 2004.rn                   Collection Tim Rybak, Belgrave, Melbourne, 27 April 2008, lot 145.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,000 CHF