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Auction: 6010 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World - Washington Philatelic Exhibition Auction
Lot: 181

x New Guinea North West Pacific Islands 1915 (4 Jan.) wide watermark, 6d. ultramarine with overprint type c, [30] of the setting showing variety retouched "e", lightly cancelled by Rabaul c.d.s. (28.4.1916), fine. A very rare variety, especially used. Holcombe Certificate (1989). Sc. 4 (var.); S.G. 78a, £5500 Estimate US$ 4,000-5,000

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