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Lot# 1648 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 1648 New Zealand

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    1864/71: 2 d. blue, Plate II, three examples with two perf. 12½ showing retouches to the Plate (Row 18, positions 8-9) and an imperforate example with shaved horizontal margins and imperforate vertically with portion of adjoining stamp at left and marginal guideline, all tied to 1867 cover to Coventry, UK by crisp strikes of numeral "1" of Auckland duplex (Oct 3) in black. London transit cds on front (Dec 4) in red and Coventry arrival cds in black on reverse. Slightly soiled as is all of this correspondence but a most unusual cover.rnProvenance: Collection H. Gordon Kaye, RL, 16 April 1991, lot 631.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF