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Auction: 23026 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1496

(x) New Zealand
Postal Fiscals
1936-39 £2 bright purple on Wiggins Teape chalk surfaced paper, variety watermark inverted, fine and fresh mint; very rare and possibly the stamp of record with a very low survival rate as the Wiggins Teape paper was not originally recognised as a separate issue and was therefore not purchased by contemporary collectors. S.G. 182a, £3,750. Photo

provenance:
Graham Cooper, December 2016

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

Sold for
£900

Starting price
£800