NEW ZEALAND STAMPS
SALE IN LONDON
(From Oub Own Cobrespo.Vden'i. LONDON, May 12,
A number of rare New Zealand postage stamps were sold by auction at Messrs H. R. Harmers last week. They were included in a general collection of about 500 lots.
Among a set of proofs a sheet of New Zealand 1898 pictorial types of various denominations and in various colours war sold for £ll.
The list included a New Zealand July, 1855, Is, bisected diagonally, and used for, a fid stamp. This appeared on an envelope and was sold for £37. A November, 1855, Is green, bisected diagonally, and used on an envelope as a fid stamp, was sold for £25. This was a little damaged An 1862 imperforated Is yellow-green sold for £5, and a November, 1855, blue paper 2d with large margins, and lightly postmarked, sold for £1 12s. \ . A Cape of Good Hope woodblock 4d three-cornered stamp sold for £ls.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21981, 16 June 1933, Page 10
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