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Auction: 19012 - The 'Pegasus' Collection of Important Classic New Zealand
Lot: 545

The Chalon Issues
1855-58 Printed by J. Richardson in Auckland on Blue Paper
Unused
2d. blue, a marginal pair from the foot of the sheet, Row 20/5-6, unused with large part original gum, lovely fresh colour, large to enormous margins all round; paper wrinkled in places, partially due to paper contraction, and a couple of small surface defects, nevertheless a very rare and handsome pair. Holcombe Certificate (1988). S.G. 4, £6,000+. Photo

provenance:
"Antipodes", October 1988
Joseph Hackmey, February 2009

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Sold for
£2,600