Lot 229
Samoa, 1914, 4d on 30pf black and orange on buff, variety "3d" instead of "4d" (SG 106 var./ Gibbs 6a), excellent color, perfectly centered, o.g. Extremely Fine. only 10 stamps of this highly collected error of value were printed. Michel 6I.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
Expertization: Signed Bloch and 1978 B.P.A. Certificate.
According to Gibbs, this variety may be from an unofficial printing, but one vertical row of this error of value may well have been part of the official issue.
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| Realized $4,500 |
