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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1492

New Zealand 1960-66 Pictorials 5d. with yellow omitted, margin at right, fine. With normal for comparison. Pierron NZ1574MCa, £425; C.P. O7a(Z); S.G. 787a, £425. Photo Estimate £ 150-180 Note: The missing yellow affects the daisy centres. Many examples occurred due to a momentary lifting of the yellow plate from contact with the paper however, a massive down shift of yellow on one sheet caused the top row to completely lack the colour. Further, in 1964 a 16 year old schoolboy, who regularly visited local post offices on the hunt for varieties, discovered the remains of a 5d sheet with yellow missing at the St Clair post office; just 40 examples from the top of the sheet were left, but the postmistress at the time remarked the whole sheet had been affected. Another sheet is also known to have been affected, but details of its discovery remain unreported quantity: circa 300 mint, some used

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