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Lot# 8170 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 8170 Cook Islands

    1919/20: Definitive set twelve values from ½ d. to 1 s., various perfs. and papers (see scan for Stanley Gibbons numbers in margin), and 1920 Pictorial definitive set of six, all defaced by blue crayon and handstamped SPECIMEN diagonally in black upon receipt by the Bechuanaland Post Office from the UPU. The ½ d. with small surface fault, otherwise fine for material from this archive, unique.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF