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Auction: 22010 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of New Zealand - Part I
Lot: 21

(x) New Zealand
Printed in Auckland by J. Richardson
1855 (December) First Printing, Imperforate on White Large Star Watermarked Paper
1d. orange, good balanced margins, large part original gum with natural gum crease towards foot; very fine and fresh appearance, small stain at top from gum barely affecting the fine appearance; an attractive example of this rarity. B.P.A. Certificate (1990). S.G. 3b, £32,000;

provenance:
Baron Phillip von Ferrary, 1922
H. Gordon Kaye, November 1991
Joseph Hackmey, February 2009

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

Sold for
£10,000

Starting price
£9000