Lot 267 o
New Zealand, 1864, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 6d red brown, imperf, N Z watermark, horizontal pair (R. 12/1-2), with marginal line watermark at left, good to enormous margins with traces of two adjoining stamps at top and at right, strong color and impressions, indistinct bar cancellations; the left-hand stamp with a small thin and light creases, beautiful and Very Fine appearance, ex-Chalon, Christie's Robson Lowe (February 1989, lot 317A), Joseph Hackmey, Spink Shreves (February 2009, lot 1328). Scott No. 29. Campbell Paterson No. A5f.SG No. 99 £1,400 as singles ($1,820).
THE ONLY RECORDED MULTIPLE OF THIS ELUSIVE STAMP.
Realized: $1,000