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Auction: 22020 - The Robin Gwynn Collection of New Zealand
Lot: 11

(x) New Zealand
The Chalon Issues
1857-63 Imperforate Printed by J. Richardson in Auckland
1862 (9 Oct.) entire from Nelson "via Marseilles" to London, bearing 1d. dull orange in combination with 1862 2d. blue early impression and 6d. black-brown, both with four margins and slightly overlapping one another, each cancelled "15", short paid 3d. for a ½oz. letter and showing "insufficiently stamped/ fine_______", "more/ to/ pay" handstamp, dispatch and arrival (15.1) c.d.s. on reverse. A rare and most attractive three-colour underfranked letter. Holcombe (1988) and R.P.S.N.Z. (2013) Certificates. S.G. 8, 36 and 41. CP A1d, A2d and A5b

Note: This is the only example recorded of the New Zealand '9'.

provenance:
"Chalon", November 1968
"Antipodes", October 1988
Joseph Hackmey, February 2009
Len Jury, October 2015

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

Sold for
£4,200

Starting price
£1500