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Auction: 5021 - France, Featuring the Château Ramezay Collection, Europe & O/seas & B. Empire
Lot: 3950

x New Guinea N.W. Pacific Islands 1915 (Dec.) - 1916 2/- brown with inverted watermark showing flaw on "s" of "australia" (2L45) used with 1915 (Oct.) 6d. ultramarine on 1917 (21 May) envelope registered to Switzerland, both tied by Rabaul c.d.s., showing "the treasury/rabaul" oval cachet, "milano/posta estera" h.s. and, on reverse, Rabaul Censor cachet in violet and Sydney transit d.s. A most attractive franking. Holcombe Opinion states "The 2s. has been lifted for examination of the watermark". S.G. 88, 97. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200provenance: Tom Belknap

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