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Auction: 14025 - The Philatelic Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1030

(x) New Zealand
1864-71 watermark Large Star, perf 12½, 1d. orange-vermillion vertical pair, variety imperforate between, both lightly cancelled and of fine appearance. The only recorded example. S.G. 111b, unpriced. Photo

expertisation:
R.P.S. of N.Z. Certificate (2002) states "this is a genuine used example described by Campbell Paterson as imperf between, CP A1M(3)(W). There has been an unsuccessful attempt to perforate at least part of the line, leaving two blind perfs at right. This is the example on which the C.P. listing was based"

R.P.S. of Victoria Certificate (2009) states "it is genuine with two blind perfs and small concealed tear at right"



literature:
The Postage Stamps of New Zealand 1855-73, The Chalon Head Issues" by Robert P. Odenweller, page 136

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Sold for
£10,000