Lot 6480
New Zealand, 1871, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 1d red brown, perf 12½, Large Star watermark, used with 1874, 1d lilac (152), tied by two strikes of "Christchurch, Mar 11, 74" duplex with "C" barred circle on cover to Napier, endorsed "per Mongol" at top left, reverse with Napier (3.15) arrival backstamp; small cover edge tear, Very Fine and rare, Maurice Burrus, Robson Lowe, July 1963, lot 320. Scott No. 39 var. Campbell Paterson No. A1q (2).SG No. 132 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A RARE CHALON HEAD AND SIDEFACE COMBINATION USAGE, OF WHICH ONLY THREE OR FOUR HAVE BEEN RECORDED.
Discussed and illustrated in Robin Gwynn's article, "Combination First Sideface and "Chalon Head" Usages, New Zealand Stamp Collector, Volume 88, No. 2, June 2008.
Realized: $2,400