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Lot# 3910 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 3910 New Guinea

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    Setting 4 / GRI and Value 3½ mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 1 s. on 1 m. carmine, Setting 4 position types 1-2/1-2, a fine unused corner block of four from top left of the sheet of 20 subjects (sheet positions 1-2/5-6), with full margins but somewhat tropicalised and a couple of ironed bends, some reinforcement and second stamp with tiny thin not apparent on front, but with lower two stamps unmounted og. A remarkable and extremely rare multiple: only 128 of the 1 mark value (Gi 12 and Gi 27) were surcharged, consequently all multiples are very seldom encountered. Signed Holcombe. Cert. Holcombe (1991) Gi = £ 14'000.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 29 Jan 1997, lot 913.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF