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Lot# 3764 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 3764 New Guinea

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    Provisional Issue / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1915: 1 d. on 2 d. on 20 pf. ultramarine, Setting 2, position 1, a fine used example of good colour and centering, neatly cancelled by light strike of oval RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp in violet (Gibbs type 8). A very rare stamp. Cert. Holcombe (1995) Gi = £ 2'500.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 91, March 1996, lot 8522.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF