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Auction: 22010 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of New Zealand - Part I
Lot: 31

(x) New Zealand
Printed in Auckland by J. Richardson
1855 (December) Imperforate on Unwatermarked Blue Paper
2d. blue, a marginal pair from the foot of the sheet, (Row 20/5-6), 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. 5, £6,500+, Campbell Paterson A2b

provenance:
'Antipodes', October 1988
Joseph Hackmey, February 2009
"Pegasus", January 2019

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

Sold for
£2,400

Starting price
£2200