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Auction: 22010 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of New Zealand - Part I
Lot: 71

(x) New Zealand
Printed in Auckland by J. Richardson
1857-63 On Soft White or Hard Paper, No Watermark
Imperforate
1/- blue green on soft paper, unused with large part original gum, good to large margins and with wonderful vivid colour; exceptional and surely one of the finest examples of this very rare stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (2002). S.G. 17, £17,000, Campbell Paterson A6c (2)

provenance:
"Yeroc", 2000
Joseph Hackmey, May 2010 (Where it was illustrated on the front cover)

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

Sold for
£14,000

Starting price
£7000