Lot
6158 
New Zealand, 1862, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 6d deep black brown, imperf, Large Star watermark, extraordinarily intense shade, roughly separated resulting in enormous margins all around with sheet margin at top and portion of adjoining stamp at foot, slightly irregular in a few places, tied by numeral "15" barred oval, matching "Nelson, New Zealand, JY 12, 1862" cds backstamp on gray folded letter to London, England, red London Paid (9.18) arrival cds, a Very Fine use with such a remarkable deep shade, DuBois (Hiroaki Inoue), Matthew Bennett, May 2007, lot 2170. Scott No. 14d. Campbell Paterson No. A5b (1). SG No. 41 var. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $525