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  • Lot# : 3968 New Guinea

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    Setting 10 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 4 d. on 40 pf. black & carmine, Setting 10, position 4/4, an unused vertical pair, showing variety "Surcharge Double" on the upper stamp with lower stamp normal, fresh and fine, large part og. A very attractive and scarce multiple, Gibbs, on page 119 of the handbook estimates that only 10 unused examples can exist, this example illustrated in the handbook on page 118. Signed Holcombe, Kilian. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 7'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 168.rn                   Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 2014.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,500 CHF