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Lot# 3915 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 3915 New Guinea

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    Setting 7 / GRI and Value 4½-5 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 3 s. on 3 m. violet-black, Setting 7, position type unknown, an unused example of good colour and centering, 'clean cut' overprint corresponding to this late setting, fresh and fine but for small gum skip on top perforation, with large part og. A rare stamp with just 87 examples of the 3 mark overprinted, stamps from this Setting are extraordinarily unusual. Cert. Holcombe (1995) Gi = £ 5'500.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 91, March 1996, lot 8458.rn                   Harmers, London, 24 July 1997, lot 207.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF