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Lot# 20448 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20448 Victoria

    Coil Machine Trials 1907 (Oct): Victoria 1 d. rose-red, wmk. V over Crown, perf. 12½, a marginal horizontal strip of four and a corner marginal block of six (2 x 3) from upper right of sheet, perf. 12 x 12½, deleted for use with black barred overprints in October 1907 when utilised in Coil Machine Dispensing Tests by the British Stamp and Ticket Automatic Vending Co. in Wellington, New Zealand; under the aegis of Mail clerks Dickie & Brown in Coil Machine Dispensing Tests; the strip signed by R.J. Dickie, Aug 1908 in ink. Rare and unusual multiples.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold