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  • Lot# : 3962 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 d. on 10 pf. carmine, Setting 2, a used horizontal pair on 1915 philatelic cover addressed to Victoria, neatly tied by RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN oval datestamp (Jan 4, 1915) struck in violet (Gibbs type 8), with manuscript Censor at lower left "Passed C.W.C." in red ink. Slight closed tear in envelope at upper left and the cover probably never travelled, however a very rare issue on letter.rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 143, May 2005, lot 4775.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF