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Auction: 24018 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 573

(x) Papua
1930 Pictorial 1/- Ceremonial Platform original artwork in pencil and Indian ink on art paper (120x156mm.) signed "Ernest Whitehouse, Del 1932" at lower left, the names of sixteen towns are inscribed on the four sides, six deleted in red ink and "Bwagoia" corrected, and a typed "Correct List of Post Offices" attached; also a stamp-size photographic reproduction affixed at foot. Photo

Note: Only ten Post Offices were operating at the time. On the issued stamp the words "one shilling" were removed from within the figure "1"

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

Sold for
£1,900