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Lot# 8575 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 8575 Samoa

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    1914 (Sept 3): GRI 5 s. on 5 m. carmine & black, an unused example with the surcharge almost entirely over the original surcharge (1 mm. to the right), some tone spots on perfs., but an enormously rare stamp of which Gibbs conjectures just 4 were possible (width of the sheet) but just this sole unused example is recorded, fine large part og. Signed Hoffman Giesecke. Cert. BPA (1985) Gi = £ 13'000.rnrnProvenance: Spink, London, 9-10 March 2005, lot 1271.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF