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Lot# 3903 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 3903 New Guinea

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    Setting 12 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 3 d. on 30 pf. black & orange on buff, Setting 12, position D, a fine unused example of good colour from this rare Setting, with variety "Break at top of "G" in GRI, "R" with broken cross-bar at top", fresh and very fine with large part og. See Gibbs page 40, a rarity, especially so on this value. Signed Holcombe. Opinion Holcombe (1990) Gi = £ 475+.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF