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Auction: 22010 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of New Zealand - Part I
Lot: 5

(x) New Zealand
1855 (20 July) Imperforate on Large Star Watermarked Paper
London Printing
1d. dull carmine, good to huge margins on three sides and just touching the frameline at foot, cancelled by crisp barred oval "16" of Christchurch; rich colour, pressed horizontal crease and small scissor cut at foot, otherwise a fine example of the scarce first issue. B.P.A. Certificate (1992). S.G. 1, £20,000; Campbell Paterson A1a, $40,000

provenance:
Dr. David Patterson, April 2019

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£4,200

Starting price
£2700