CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 4

Stamp Duty Overprints 1885/87: Stamp Duty £ 1 lilac & claret overprinted POSTAGE in black, wmk. NSW upwards, perf. 12, an unused example, marginal from right of sheet and imperforate between stamp and margin, of fine rich colour, one or two blunted perfs at left, large part og. An exceptional example of an extremely rare stamp, with just 100 stamps believed to have been issued (and thus no more than five with the imperforate margin). Cert. Ceremuga (2012) Gi = £ 11'000.