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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1504

New Zealand 1960 (1 Nov.) Christmas 2d., a horizontal strip of nine with margin at right, the second stamp with red omitted and the adjoining stamps with partial omission, fine. Pierron NZ1610MCa, £375+; C.P. SC1a(Z); S.G. 805a, £375 Estimate £ 200-250 Note: Most noticeable as the loss of colour from Mary´s garments, but also results in the loss of the warm glow from the scene. Portions of three sheets have been confirmed to have been affected by the error: columns two, three and four of one sheet; columns four and five of a second sheet; and column six of a third sheet. provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2006

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