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Lot# 8073 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 8073 New Guinea

    Overprinted Type 11 1918/22: 6 d. ultramarine, Die II, and 6 d.greyish ultramarine, Die II, each in unused sheets / panes of 30 subjects, the 6 d. ultramarine from Plate 2, Left Pane, centred slightly to right but of fresh colour and appearance, together with detailed plating from A.D. Banwell FRPSL (see internet), the rare 6 d. greyish ultramarine also extremely fine, each with large part or unmounted og. A very rare pair Gi = £ 1'400++.rnrnProvenance: Colonel Harrie Evans, Belgrave, 6 Oct 2001, ex lot 226.rn                   'Australasia', Grosvenor, London, 4 Oct 2012, lots 530 and 531.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF