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Auction: 22010 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of New Zealand - Part I
Lot: 4

(x) New Zealand
1855 (20 July) Imperforate on Large Star Watermarked Paper
London Printing
1d. dull carmine, showing re-entry [18/6] above top frame line and in value tablet, generally large margins and just touching frame line at upper left; distinctive colour and cancelled by neat barred oval "1", fine and an exceptionally rare re-entry variety of the London printings. R.P.S. Certificate (1959). S.G. 1 var. , £20,000+; Campbell Paterson A1a (Z)

provenance:
Alfred Clayton, 1959
Gerald Ellott
Joseph Hackmey, February 2009
Dr. David Patterson, April 2019

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£4,200

Starting price
£3500