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Lot# 1608 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 1608 New Zealand

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    1857 (Jan): Richardson printing, 1 d. dull orange, wmk. Large Star on white paper, the famous 'Castle' cover front bearing a horizontal pair of vibrant colour, touched to large margins, right hand stamp with vertical scissor cut at top and small printer's creases, lightly cancelled by "18" numeral handstamps of Dunedin in black with AUCKLAND / NEW ZEALAND arrival cds at left (January 19, 1857). This cover is mentioned in the Robson Lowe Encyclopædia, volume IV on page 404, and in the Stanley Gibbons Part One footnote - this is the only recorded multiple of this stamp - just eight examples being recorded, two of which are 'Dwarf' examples and one of those is in the British Library. An extraordinary and very rare piece. Certs. Odenweller (1990), BPA (1990) Gi = £ 60'000.rnProvenance: M.P.Castle, President of the Royal Philatelic Society (1913-1917); Collection Charles Lathrop Pack, Harmers, New York, Dec 1944, lot 1358; Collection Dale-Lichtenstein, Harmers, London, 14 May 1990, lot 377; Collection Joseph Hackmey, Spink Shreve, New York, 19 Feb 2009, lot 1074.
    Starting bid : 40,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 40,000 CHF