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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1532

New Zealand 1970-76 Pictorial Issue 50c. (3) with apple-green (hill) omitted from the first second and third printings, fine. Pierron NZ1864MCa, NZ1864MCb, NZ1864MCc, £455; C.P. P19a(Z), P19a(Z)(1), P19a(Z)(2); S.G. 932a Estimate £ 120-150 Note: At least seven printings are known, but only the first three are easily identifiable due to shade differences. The first printing has the headland in dull green. The second is distinguishable by the bright emerald green headland. The third and subsequent printings have the shore in a yellowish-buff shade compared to the pinkish-buff shade of the first two printings. The first three printings have colourless (PVA) gum while later printings feature bluish (PVAD) gum.

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