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Lot# 8238 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 8238 Penrhyn

    Penrhyn Island 1920 (Aug 23): Palm Tree 3 d. black & red-brown, Die Proof, Imperforate on ungummed wove paper (54 x 69 mm.), the frame was later to be changed to red, with horizontal guidelines four sides, manuscript at top "Orange red" and pencil cross. Fine and scarce.rnrnProvenance: Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 17-19 Jan 2007, lot 475.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF