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Auction: 22010 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of New Zealand - Part I
Lot: 162

(x) New Zealand
Printed by John Davies in Auckland
1862 Provisional Printing on Pelure Paper, No Watermark
1d. orange-vermilion, large regular margins, unused without gum, fresh bright colour. An exceptional example of this very rare stamp, and considered one of the finest available. Brun handstamp. Holcombe Certificate (1995). S.G. 81, £12,000

provenance:
"Yeroc", January 2000
"Pegasus", January 2019

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

Sold for
£6,500

Starting price
£4500