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Lot# 3917 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 3917 New Guinea

    Setting 11 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 1 d. on 3 pf. brown, Setting 11, position 1-5, a fine unused horizontal strip of five showing all the types from this Setting, with position 1 showing "I" for "1" variety and position 5 with "1" showing straight serif at top, fresh and very fine with superb unmounted og. A rare multiple from the final State of the Setting with stops very weak and breaking up, especially on positions 1 and 2. This strip illustrated and discussed in the Gibbs handbook on page 38. Signed Holcombe Gi = £ 1'130+.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF