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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1491

New Zealand 1960-66 Pictorials 4d. vertical strip of five with margin at foot, the centre three stamps with buff omitted; the top stamp lightly hinged and the bottom stamp with light crease, the errors fine. Pierron NZ1572MCb, £2,475; C.P. O6a(Y); S.G. 786b, £2,100+. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-1,800 Note: The missing buff results in the loss of colour from the petals. The error occurred on rows 17, 18 and 19 of a plate 1–1–1–1 sheet. provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2006

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