Auction: 22010 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of New Zealand - Part I
Lot: 114
(x) New Zealand
Printed by John Davies in Auckland
1862-64 on Large Star Watermarked Paper
6d. black-brown, a horizontal pair in a bright shade closer in colour to grey-brown, close to very large margins with the right-hand stamp showing trace of adjoining stamp at foot, unused without gum. a fine and beautiful looking pair, and a very rare multiple of this seldom offered stamp. Holcombe Opinion (1988). S.G. 41, £4,000
Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
Sold for
£1,500
Starting price
£1300