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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1547

New Zealand 1973-76 Pictorials 2c. with PVAD gum, a top left corner block of fifteen (5x3), the top left corner stamp with purple and yellow omitted due to a paper fold, fine. The only recorded example. Pierron NZ2018MCb, £4,250; C.P. P3b(Z); S.G. 1009a, £4,500+. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 Note: The missing colours cause the complete loss of colour from the butterfly and results in the so-called ´albino butterfly´ error. The error occurred on PVAD (bluish) gummed paper due to a paper fold at the top left of a sheet

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£5,800