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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1539

New Zealand 1971 (4 June) 4c. on 2 1/2c. marginal horizontal pair, the right stamp with red omitted, fine. Very rare. Pierron NZ1914MCa, £1,500; C.P. P30a(X); unlisted in S.G. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000 Note: The overprint is known in photogravure (first introduced 4 June 1971) and letterpress. Two types of letterpress overprint exist – with thick obliteration bars (introduced July 1972) and with thin obliteration bars (May 1973). The thick variety was done by a printer in the UK while the thin variety was produced by the New Zealand Government Printer. The letterpress overprint is of visibly poorer quality compared to the photogravure overprint. The rightmost column of a pane was affected. quantity: circa 10 mint

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