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Auction: 22020 - The Robin Gwynn Collection of New Zealand
Lot: 251

(x) New Zealand
Great Barrier Island Pigeon Post
1899 Marotiri Copper Mines
1/- green-blue overprinted 'marotiri/ pigeongram', complete sheet of twelve with full selvedge at top and right, unused without gum as issued; column one with 'marotiri' set to right by ½mm., row 2 with overprint offset on reverse; a major New Zealand and World Air rarity with only 240 stamps printed, most probably a unique sheet. R.P.S. Certificate (2021). CP VP5, $60,000+

Note: The sheet is of particular importance because it clearly shows that there are two settings of the overprint, one with the 'P' of Pigeongram below the 'M' of Marotiri. This is plain to the naked eye but has not been noted by earlier students and so is not yet listed in Campbell Paterson. The offset of the overprint on three stamps of the second row of the sheet is also unlisted.

provenance:
Eliashar

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

Sold for
£11,000

Starting price
£5500