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Lot# 3820 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 3820 Papua New Guinea

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    1907 (May-June): Small Papua Overprint (Type 4), 1 d. black & carmine, wmk. vertical, comb perf. 14 on thin paper, a used vertical strip of four with the lower stamp uncancelled and unused without gum, marginal from base of sheet, positions 13/18/23/28 on the sheet of 30 subjects, all with variety: "Overprint Reading Upwards", upper three stamps neatly cancelled by 'Port Moresby' datestamps (Jan 10, 1908) in black. An extraordinarily rare and fine positional strip. Cert. Ceremuga (2012) Gi = £ 21'500+.rnrnNote: There were two sheets with this variety. All the stamps were cancelled at Port Moresby with the exception of the bottom horizontal row of five. Both sheets were similarly aligned wih slight differences in the overprint alignment for stamps from the same sheet position. One sheet was recorded by R. Simpson in 'Philately from Australia', Vol. VIII, No. 4.
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 8,000 CHF