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Lot# 8561 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 8561 Samoa

    1914 (Sept 3): GRI 6 d. on 50 pf. black & purple on buff, a used block four, marginal from base of sheet, upper stamps both showing variety "Inverted "9" for 6" (position 9 on the vertical Setting), centrally cancelled by "Apia / Samoa" posthumous cds (Oct 13, 1918) in black. Nevertheless, an attractive multiple. Signed Hoffmann Giesecke Gibbs 8a+8 / Gi = £ 400+.rnrnProvenance: Spink, Melbourne, 28 March 1999, lot 1757.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF