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Auction: 26013 - The "Mulberry" Collection of British Empire and Commonwealth Stamps
Lot: 339

New Guinea
1914 (16 Dec.) - 15 Stamps of German New Guinea
"G.R.I" and Value 5mm. Apart
3d. on 30pf. black and orange on buff showing error of surcharge "g.r.i./1d.", fine unused with part original gum. Extremely rare, one of only five unused examples recorded by Gibbs. Gibbs Certificate (2002). S.G. 23m, £22,500. Photo

provenance:
Marquess of Bute, Robson Lowe, April 1959
"Besançon", Corinphila, May 2018
Michael Nathan, Spink, October 2022, Lot 34

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Estimate
£7,000 to £9,000

Starting price
£5500