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Auction: 26013 - The "Mulberry" Collection of British Empire and Commonwealth Stamps
Lot: 337

New Guinea
1914 (16 Dec.) - 15 Stamps of German New Guinea
"G.R.I" and Value 5mm. Apart
2½d. on 20pf. ultramarine vertical pair, the lower stamp showing error of surcharge "g.r.i./3d.", Setting 5, Position 10, unused with large part, slightly browned, gum and the lower stamp with corner crease of no importance. The only recorded example and a major rarity of New Guinea philately. Holcombe (1999) and Ceremuga (2018) Certificates. S.G. 21a, £100,000. Photo

provenance:
Marquess of Bute, Robson Lowe, April 1959
Edward Gilbert, Spink, June 2005
"Besançon", Corinphila, May 2018
Michael Nathan, Spink, October 2022, Lot 28

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Estimate
£40,000 to £60,000

Starting price
£32000