NEW GUINEA 1914-15 1d ON 5pf GREEN STOPS OMITTED, SG17ga Anguilla stamps head and shoulders length black

head and shoulders length black and white postcard photograph (approx 3

Accompanied with superb provenance

he was also an active leader of the Virginia social elite

Oliver Reed

prussian blue and ultramarine

NEW GUINEA 1914-15 1d ON 5pf GREEN STOPS OMITTED, SG17ga Anguilla stamps head and shoulders length blackNew Guinea 1914 15 1d on 5pf green, 5mm space from setting II, showing variety 'G. R. I.' WITHOUT STOPS BUT WITH NORMAL SPACES, SG17ga. The stamp is tied to a small piece by two part strikes of RABAUL oval date stamps in violet (Gibbs type 8). A tiny mark exists in the right margin, mentioned purely for accuracy and immaterial to overall quality. Exceptionally rare, being one of just two used examples known to Gibbs (with a single unused example in