NEW ZEALAND 1855 SG: 3b -- Stock Code: P09004882 -- Category: Stamps
1855 (Dec) 1d orange on white paper, wmk large star, imperforate with large margins and brilliant colour, part o.g. Plated as pos.5 on the sheet, the centre stamp from the reconstructed strip of 3 (pos.4-6) assembled by H. Gordon Kaye (CRL 12/11/91, lots 65-67), and much the finest of the three. Slight gum crease at foot but very fine appearance and excessively rare. This first Richardson printing, using paper supplied from London, represents the initial production of postagestamps in New Zealand. A very important and desirable stamp. BPA cert (1990). (cat £32,000)