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Lot# 3900 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 3900 New Guinea

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    Setting 12 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 2½ d. on 20 pf. ultramarine, Setting 12, position 1C, a fine unused example of good colour with the characteristic "I" in GRI similar to the lower case "1" found in position 10 of the Setting 1 and "Small stop after "I" in GRI", fresh and fine, large part og. Very few recorded examples exist, this stamp illustrated in Gibbs on page 40 and discussed on page 41 of the handbook. Signed Champion. Cert. Holcombe (1990) Gi = £ 110+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF