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Auction: 22010 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of New Zealand - Part I
Lot: 155

(x) New Zealand
Printed by John Davies in Auckland
1862-64 on Large Star Watermarked Paper
Serrated Perf. 16 or 18

1/- yellow-green with perforations nearly all round, apparently unused though with a couple of ink offset marks on reverse; thin at top though an attractive example of this very rare stamp which is sold on it's merits. R.P.S. Certificate (1944). S.G. 65, £4,500 as used

provenance:
R. B. Yardley
Joseph Hackmey, May 2010

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

Sold for
£1,500

Starting price
£1300