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Lot# 1646 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 1646 New Zealand

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    1864/71: 2 d. deep blue, Plate II, a vertical strip of three, used on 1866 cover from the newly opened Post Office at Okarita in the Otago Goldfields to Scotland cancelled "Okarita 22/5/66" twice in ink, with obverse showing 'London / Paid' cds in red (Aug 13) and reverse with unclear (probably Otago) cds and Stirling and Bannockburn datestamps in black (Aug 14) of receipt. A few minor imperfections but a very rare cover. Cert. RPSL (2000).rnProvenance: Collection Marcel Stanley, RL, Nov 1971, lot 645; Collection Major Henry Dumas, Spink, March 2000, lot 342.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF