Lot 177 ()
New Zealand, 1855, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 1d red on blue paper, Auckland printing, unwatermarked, without gum, margins ample to just clear at lower right, beautiful rich color on pristine deeply blued paper, F.-V.F.; with 2011 Odenweller and Behr certificates. Scott No. 4. Campbell Paterson No. A1c.SG No. 4 £12,000 ($16,560).
AN ATTRACTIVE SOUND UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1855 1D AUCKLAND PRINT ISSUE.
Realized: $13,000