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Auction: 20026 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 1465

New Zealand
1947-52 Definitives
1/3d. red-brown and blue, watermark upright, strip of three from a "make ready" proof sheet with the left hand stamp showing printer's red crayon markings applied to the vignette before the blue printing was added. Subsequently issued as a normal sheet, unmounted mint, fine and rare. Only seven examples known to exist. S.G. 687b. Campbell Paterson $2,500. Photo

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Sold for
£650

Starting price
£240