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Auction: 22010 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of New Zealand - Part I
Lot: 52

(x) New Zealand
Printed in Auckland by J. Richardson
1857-63 On Soft White or Hard Paper, No Watermark
Imperforate
2d. ultramarine, a horizontal strip of six with good to large margins practically all round, cancelled "10" four times at Wellington; a few negligible stain spots and the fourth stamp with small scissor-cut at foot. A rare and spectacular multiple of this lovely shade. S.G. 8a, £6,000+

provenance:
Alfred Caspary, October 1958
"Antipides", October 1988
Christie's Robson Lowe, October 1989
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
£1,600

Starting price
£1800