Sale 87: The Dr. David Patterson Collection of New Zealand

Lot 6408

New Zealand, 1871, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 1d brown, perf 10, Large Star watermark, three singles, tied by strikes of "Auckland, JA 25 '72" duplex with numeral "1" barred oval on cover to Wellington, Jan. 30th arrival backstamp, flap with blue Northern Club embossing; right 1d faulty at bottom, otherwise Very Fine and scarce use on cover, Antipodes, Corinphila, September 1988, lot 3653
Yeroc, J.M.A. Gregson, January 2000, lot 661; with 1988 Holcombe certificate. Scott No. 38. Campbell Paterson No. A1n.
SG No. 126    Estimate $200 - 300.

References: Illustrated in Odenweller as fig. 10.2, p. 157.

Realized: $290