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Lot# 3768 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 3768 New Guinea

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    Provisional Issue / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1915: 3 d. on 25 pf. black & red on yellow, Setting 7, position 5, a fine unused example of excellent colour and centering, fresh and fine, superb og. A rare Setting, Gibbs rates at 25 times normal, and states 'a few copies have been recoreded'. Signed Champion. Cert. Holcombe (1993) Gi = £ 6'500.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF