Lot 39 New Zealand (C) SG#250, 250a, 251 2.5d - 3d Blue - Yellow Brown Lake Wakatipu - Hula, 1898 Pictorial Issue, 3 Fine/Very Fine Used Singles, Unwatermarked, Perf 12-16, Inscribed Wakatipu On The 2.5d.
3 fine/very fine used singles of the 2.5d - 3d blue - yellow brown Lake Wakatipu - Hula from the 1898 Pictorial Issue, unwatermarked, perf 12-16, inscribed wakatipu on the 2.5d.
The 2.5d blue has a SON Waihi CDS dated Feb 16 1899, while the 3d has a July 25 1898.
Gibbons values these at £24.5, so we estimate them at $20. The stamps offered here grade between 70 and 75 as follows:
