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Auction: 22010 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of New Zealand - Part I
Lot: 169

(x) New Zealand
Printed by John Davies in Auckland
1862 Provisional Printing on Pelure Paper, No Watermark
6d. black-brown, a horizontal pair with good to enormous margins all round and showing portion of adjoining stamps at left and right, each neatly cancelled "1" at Auckland; a vertical crease between the pair does not detract from the superb appearance of this scarce multiple. S.G. 88

provenance:
Michael Stephens, January 1938
Christie's Robson Lowe, October 1989
Joseph Hackmey, Februry 2009


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

Sold for
£1,300

Starting price
£520