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Auction: 25015 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 3313

(x) Papua
1907-10 Large "papua", watermark sideways 4d. black and sepia vertical strip of four with sheet margin at top where the paper is doubly perforated, showing mixed perfs. 11 and 12½, large part original gum and an extraordinary, iconic rarity. B.P.A. and Brandon Certificates (2016, 2003 respectively). S.G. 74, £16,000+

Notes: This variety occured only on the top row comprising five columns in a single sheet. The printer considered that the misplaced line of perf. 11 needed to be corrected with a further line - perf. 12½. From this row of five, positions 1-3 form a poor horizontal strip of three (illustrated on Pg. 361 of the Robson Lowe Encyclopaedia, Vol. IV, and position 5 is in the Royal Philatelic Collection.

provenance:
Ferrary
William Frazer, Spink, June 2003, Lot 417

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

Estimate
£6,000 to £8,000