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Auction: 6010 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World - Washington Philatelic Exhibition Auction
Lot: 180

New Guinea 1915 (Jan.) stamps of Marshall Islands surcharged, "g.r.i." and value 5mm. apart, further surcharged 1d. on 2d. on 20pf. ultramarine horizontal pair, the left stamp with no stop after "d", cancelled by light Rabaul oval d.s., fine. B.P.A. Certificate (1980). S.G. 64/64a, £5250+ Estimate US$ 6,000-7,000Note: Bob Gibbs, in his book "G.R.I.", records four used examples of this variety, two of them in pair with normal.

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