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  • Lot# : 3963 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 d. on 20 pf. ultramarine, Setting 2, positions 9-10, a used horizontal pair with the right hand stamp showing variety "Surcharge Double" running diagonally across the upper right corner, fresh and very fine, large part og. A scarce variety, Gibbs estimates that just 20 examples exist. Illustrated in Gibbs handbook on page 118. Signed Holcombe. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 4'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 1992.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF