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Auction: 22010 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of New Zealand - Part I
Lot: 188

(x) New Zealand
Printed by John Davies in Auckland
1864 Watermark "N.Z.", Imperforate
2d. pale blue (Plate I, worn), a block of four with large part original gum, pin-pricked with tiny black marks, just clear to very large margins all round and showing trace of one adjoining stamp at foot; the upper pair with a horizontal crease and the upper right stamp with brown mark apparent on face due to an over-zealous application of gum. A very rare and pleasing block with the previous lot being the only other such block recorded, which once adjoined this block at foot. S.G. 98, £6,800+

provenance:
G.H. Boucher, October 1969
Joseph Hackmey, May 2010

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

Estimate
£3,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£2700