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Lot# 3893 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 3893 New Guinea

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    Setting 12 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 1 d. on 3 pf. brown, Setting 12, position D, a fine unused example of good colour from this rare Setting, with variety "1" with straight serif: "I" for "1" in "1 d.", tiny hinge thin at top not detracting from appearance, fresh and very fine with large part og. A rarity of which Gibbs recorded just 5 unused examples. Signed Kilian. Cert. Holcombe (1990) which has been further annotated in pencil by Hoffman Giesecke Gi = £ 3'500.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF