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Auction: 21013 - Important Stamps and Covers of the British Commonwealth - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 3168

Papua
1930 Air 1/- sepia and olive, variety overprint inverted, lightly mounted and with large part original gum; there is a very light gum bend and a faint mark on the reverse. A very fine example of this important airmail rarity, only one sheet of forty was released. Sanabria and S.G.N.Y. backstamps. R.P.S. Certificate (1983). S.G. 117a, £15,000. Photo

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Sold for
£4,200

Starting price
£4000