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Auction: 16025 - The Graham Cooper Collection of King George VI Stamps
Lot: 837

(x) New Zealand
1935-47 Pictorial Issue
1936-42 Multiple Watermark
1942 (Nov.) perf. 13¾x13½ 5d. cobalt-blue Plate 2 block of four, variety double print, one albino, 3mm. higher and 6mm. to the left, mint with hinge remainders, the lower pair remaining unmounted. An exceptionally rare plate block with only two sheets of this distinctive and striking shade recorded, and accompanied by a normal plate block for comparison. C.P. L8f[X], $9,000+. Photo

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Sold for
£2,400