Lot 50735 – 1915 (Jan) « Manus / (Deutsch Neuguinea) » (sans-serif) 3d black and red on buff registration label in block of 20

1915 (Jan) « Manus / (Deutsch Neuguinea) » (sans-serif) 3d black and red on buff registration label in block of 20 (2×10) being the two left columns of a sheet with upper margin intact, numbered 900-899/855-854, setting « C » pos. 1-2, large part og (a little disturbed by backing as usual), with number 870 (the left stamp in the seventh row) showing the very rare variety no bracket before « Deutsch », of which only five examples are recorded, the next largest multiple being a block of four, some trivial separation, a superb item, cert. Gibbs (2009) (SG £7’675+)