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Lot# 3767 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 3767 New Guinea

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    Provisional Issue / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1915: 2 d. on 20 pf. ultramarine, Setting 12, type B, a fine unused example with variety "Surcharge Inverted", fresh and very fine, minor natural gum bend, large part og. Gibbs, on page 124 of the handbook, records just the one recorded example of this variety. A magnificent example of this enormous rarity. As far as we are aware just two examples of this stamp have been recorded. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 16'000.rnrnProvenance: Spink, London, 14 Dec 2004, lot 807.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,500 CHF