Lot 224
Newfoundland, 1897, 1¢ on 3¢ gray lilac, double surcharge, one diagonal, horizontal pair, right stamp creased, F.-V.F., ex-Sir Gawaine Baillie; with 1936 R.P.S.L. certificate. Newf. Spec. Nos. 66g $3,450.Scott Nos. 75a $2,000.
THERE ARE ONLY 5 RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE SURCHARGE VARIETY, THIS PAIR BEING THE ONLY TYPE I EXAMPLES.
This type I pair, another type Ia pair (ex-Lichtenstein) and a type Ia single are recorded with the double surcharge, one diagonal. Examples of this surcharge variety do not exist for types II and III.
Reference: Pictured in Robson Lowe's Encyclopedia, Vol. V, page 477.
Realized: $2,100