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Lot# 3761 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 3761 New Guinea

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    Setting 3 / GRI and Value 3½-4 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 s. on 2 m. blue, Setting 3, position 2, an unused example, well centred, showing variety "No Stop after "I" in G.R.I.". The stamp of fresh colour and large part og. Only 245 stamps were surcharged, leaving a total of less than 61 stamps possible with this variety, as the 'Missing Stop' was later repaired. A wonderful example of a very rare stamp indeed. Cert. BPA (1999) Gi = £ 3'500.rnrnProvenance: Shreves, Dallas, 14-15 Sept 2000, lot 1815.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF