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Lot# 3966 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 3966 New Guinea

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    Setting 10 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 3 d. on 30 pf. black & orange on buff, Setting 10, position 1, an unused example with variety "Surcharge Inverted", of good colour and centering, fresh and fine, large part og. Gibbs estimates, on page 119 of the handbook, that just 5 unused examples can exist. An extremely rare stamp. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 9'000.rnrnProvenance: Spink, London, 14 Dec 2004, lot 795.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF