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Lot# 3972 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 3972 New Guinea

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    Setting 3 / GRI and Value 3½-4 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 1 s. on 1 m. carmine, Setting 3, position 2, a fine used example, well centred, on small piece, tied by RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp (Jan 4, 1915) in violet (Gibbs type 8). The stamp of fresh colour and superb. Only 133 stamps were surcharged. Illustrated in the Gibbs handbook on page 121. A wonderful example of a very rare stamp. Signed Holcombe. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 5'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila, sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 2032.rn                        Harmers, London, 21 Sept 1994, lot 1598.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF