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Lot# 863 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 863 New Zealand

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    1864/71: 1 d. carmine-vermilion, single example used on complete Newspaper 'The Waikouatiti Herald / Hawksbury, Palmerston, Hampden and General Goldfields Advocate' used from Waikouatiti to Gainford, Darlington, UK tied by numeral "05" obliterator in black. Carried via Panama on the 'Kaikoura'. Corner of front panel torn away but an item of great rarity, with just two recorded Newspaper frankings with Chalon heads known. Cert. RPSL (2006).rnProvenance: Collection Gerald Ellott; Collection John Woolfe, Spink, Oct 2006, lot 293.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF