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Lot# 3913 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 3913 New Guinea

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    Setting 1 / GRI and Value 4 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 2 s. on 2 m. blue, Setting 1, position type 3, a fine used example on 1915 cover addressed to the Assistant Postmaster in Rabaul, neatly tied by RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp (Jan 20, 1915) in violet (Gibbs type 13). The cover with file fold well away from the superb adhesive. Philatelic but a delightful and extremely rare cover. Signed Hoffman Giesecke. Cert. Gibbs (2002) Gi = £ 4'000 off cover.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 133. June 2002, lot 547.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF