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  • Lot# : 3923 New Guinea

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    GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 d. on 10 pf. carmine, the famous unused example with error of surcharge ".GR.I. / 1d.", surcharged with wrong value and with stop before "G" and no stop after the "G", well centred, of good colour, without gum. Just 2 unused examples recorded (Gibbs 18e, see page 77), this being the Bute example. A major rarity of British Commonwealth philately. Cert. Gibbs (2002) Gi = £ 12'000. rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 97.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 8,000 CHF