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Auction: 22011 - The Michael Nathan Collection of New Guinea & Papua
Lot: 52

New Guinea
1915 (Jan.) German New Guinea Registration Labels Surcharged
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Kieta (Deutsch-Neuguinea) horizontal pair [Setting HB, Positions 5-(6)], Nos. 937-936 with the left stamp showing broken leg to "K" of "Kieta", No. 936 showing variety surcharge omitted in pair with normal, fresh and very fine without gum. A major and stunning rarity with just two pairs recorded by Gibbs, this pair being the finer. Signed Holcombe. R.P.S. Certificate (1979). S.G. 38c, £16,000. Photo

provenance:
Robert Gibbs, September 1988
Besancon, November 2017

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Sold for
£9,500

Starting price
£4500