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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1521

New Zealand 1967 (10 July) Decimal Currency 2 1/2c. vertical strip of five, the centre stamp with deep bluish green omitted and the adjoining stamps with large part omission, the fourth stamp with light horizontal crease otherwise fine. Pierron NZ1696MCa, £2,850; C.P. OD4a(Y); S.G. 848a, £2,750. Photo Estimate £ 1,800-2,200 Note: The error, which affects the background colour and results in the loss of value, occurred on a row of stamps in a pane. The error usually comes in a vertical strip of five with the affected stamp in the centre while the stamp above and below are partially affected. quantity: 10 mint provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2006

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