Lot 80694 – 1915-16 Wmk 2nd “Crown / A” 2 1/2d indigo, overprint type c, mint hr,
Lot 80694 – 1915-16 Wmk 2nd “Crown / A” 2 1/2d indigo, overprint type c, mint hr,
Lot 80694 – 1915-16 Wmk 2nd “Crown / A” 2 1/2d indigo, overprint type c, mint hr,
New Guinea
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Price realised
18’000 GBP
Estimate
12’000 – 15’000 GBP
Auction date
Fri 4 Dec 2020 at 14:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1915-16 Wmk 2nd “Crown / A” 2 1/2d indigo, overprint type c, mint hr, very fine and extremely rare with only a handful of mint singles of this type recorded, a great rarity of New Guinea and the Roo issues, cert. Ceremuga (2020) (SG £28’000)
Note: Almost all of the stock of the 2 1/2d 2nd wmk is believed to have been destroyed in a fire in Rabaul with only portions of 2 panes of 30 believed recovered (of which some were cancelled)
Catalogue ref: SG 87(C)
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