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Lot# 3906 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 3906 New Guinea

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    Setting 12 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 5 d. on 50 pf. black & purple on buff, Setting 12, position C, a fine unused example of good colour from this rare Setting, with variety "R in GRI with broken serif at lower right and distended "I" almost doubled at base", fresh and very fine with large part og. See Gibbs page 40, a rarity, especially so on this value. Cert. Holcombe (1997) Gi = £ 850+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF