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Auction: 22010 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of New Zealand - Part I
Lot: 97

(x) New Zealand
Printed by John Davies in Auckland
1862-64 on Large Star Watermarked Paper
1d. vermilion, a horizontal strip of three in a rich shade, unused with part original gum, clear to very large margins nearly all round; vertical crease between the first pair and just affecting the third stamp, an attractive and rare multiple of this scarce shade. R.P.S. Certificate (2006). S.G. 34, £2,250

provenance:
H. Gordon Kaye, April 1991
Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2006
Joseph Hackmey, February 2009

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

Estimate
£1,500 to £2,500

Starting price
£1300