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Lot# 824 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 824 New Zealand

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    1853/55: Essay prepared by Perkins, Bacon & Co., for the unfinished 1 d. value affixed to small card (34 x 42 mm.) showing NEW ZEALAND uncleared (and with the outlines of the 'Z' reversed) and uncleared POSTAGE at base, otherwise largely as issued. An extremely fine and rare Essay. Cert. Holcombe (1988).rnProvenance: Collection Harry Lacoste Battrop, RL, Oct 1984, lot 101; Collection "Antipodes", Corinphila sale 79, Sept 1988, lot 3087.
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,500 CHF