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Lot# 8554 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 8554 Samoa

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    1914 (Sept 3): GRI 3 d. on 25 pf. black & red on yellow, the famous unused example, variety "Comma after "I" in G.R.I.", fresh and very fine, unused without gum (due to provenance). Believed to be the sole recorded example of this stamp. Signed Holcombe. Cert. Holcombe (1998) Michel 5PF1 = € 5'000 /Gibbs 5a / Gi = £ 5'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 329.rn                     Corinphila, sale 133, June 2002, lot 655.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold