Lot 12 (C) New Zealand SG#247-248, 252b, 257 1d - 1/- Blue & Yellow Brown - Vermillion Lake Taupo & Mount Ruapehu - Kea & Kaka, 1898 Pictorial Issue, 4 Fine Used Singles, 4d Is The Dull Rose Shade

4 fine used singles of the 1d - 1/- blue & yellow brown - vermillion Lake Taupo & Mount Ruapehu - Kea & Kaka from the 1898 Pictorial Issue, 4d is the dull rose shade.

Gibbons values these at £49.85, so we estimate them at $25. The stamps offered here grade between 68 and 70 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 20/60, 25/60, 30/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 8/10, 10/10