Public auction #37

1979, Cook Islands. Progressive proofs for the souvenir sheet of the issue SIR ROWLAND HILL - TRANSPORTATION. The s/s contains the 12 stamps of the set and the subjects are (Portrait Sir Rowland and ...) Postrider, Stagecoach, Automobile, Streamlined train, Cap-Horniers, River steamer, Liner Deutschland, Liner United States, Balloon Neptune, Junkers F 13, Graf Zeppelin, Concorde. The lot contains 8 imperforated s/s-phases for each s/s. ALL THAT 8 TIMES! And therefore there are 64 s/s-phases (=768 stamps) in all. Mint, NH. (Mi# Bl. 90) (T)