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  • Lot# : 3980 New Guinea

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    Provisional Issue / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1915: 1 d. on 5 pf. green, Setting 12, position E, a fine used example showing variety  "I" for "1" in value, cancelled by oval RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp in violet (Gibbs type 8). An extremely rare stamp. Cert. BPA (1960) Gi = £ 4'250.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959.rn                        Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 2061.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold