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Auction: 22010 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of New Zealand - Part I
Lot: 67

(x) New Zealand
Printed in Auckland by J. Richardson
1857-63 On Soft White or Hard Paper, No Watermark
Imperforate

1/- dull emerald-green, good to very large margins, unused without gum, fresh bright colour. A stunning example of this extremely rare and delicate shaded stamp. I. Brun handstamp at foot. R.P.S. Certificate (1959). S.G. 16, £20,000

provenance:
John G. Boker
R.C. Agabeg, March 1971
"Antipodes", October 1988
"Samos", June 1991
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
£10,000

Starting price
£9000