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Auction: 6010 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World - Washington Philatelic Exhibition Auction
Lot: 178

x New Guinea 1915 (Jan.) Registration labels surcharged "g.r.i./3d.", sans-serif letters, Stephansort block of four, Nos.960-959/955-954 from Setting G, positions 1-2/6-7, position 7 (No. 954) is the no stop position in an earlier state showing the stop breaking up, the block twice cancelled by "stephansort" c.d.s. A fine and important multiple. P.F. (1967) and R.P.S. (2005) Certificates. S.G. 40 Estimate US$ 10,000-12,000Note: To date, two blocks of four, a vertical pair and fourteen singles, all used, have been recorded. provenance: R.M. Gibbs, October 1988

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