Lot 6042 o
New Zealand, 1856, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 2d blue on blue paper, Auckland printing, unwatermarked, horizontal strip of six (R. 18/6-11), mostly full to large margins, left two stamps slightly in, cancelled by four strikes of barred oval, third stamp with manuscript "D", F.-V.F. and rare multiple, Yeroc, J.M.A. Gregson, January 2000, lot 42. Scott No. 5. Campbell Paterson No. A2b (1).SG No. 5 £1,800 as singles ($2,360).
THE LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE OF THE 1856 2D AUCKLAND PRINT ISSUE.
References: Illustrated in Odenweller as part of figure 3.9, p. 42.
Realized: $1,500