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Lot# 1784 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 1784 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5½-6 mm apart 1914 (Dec 16): 1 s. on 1 m. carmine, Setting 2, position 1, an unused example, centred to lower right, of rich colour and fine, large part og., tiny hinge thin at top not detracting from appearance. Just 128 examples of both 1 mark stamps (Gi 12 and 27) were surcharged. A rare stamp. Signed Holcombe; cert. BPA (1980) Gi 27 = £ 5'000rn1914: 1 S. auf 1 M. rot, Type II mit Abstand von 5½-6 mm zwischen GRI und Wert, farbfr. (kleine falzhelle Stelle) in ungebrauchter Erhaltung. Signiert Holcombe; Attest BPA (1980) Mi. 12IIrnProvenienz: Sammlung Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila Auktion 78, 27 Sept 1988, Los 1902; Sammlung Besançon, 229. Corinphila Aucktion (Nov. 2018), Los 3940.rn 
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF