FIRST NEW ZEALAND STAMP
HUNDRED COPIES IN EXISTENCE (Special to THE SUN.) WELLINGTON, Monday. A leading Wellington philatelist says that the statement that there were only 16 copies of the rare first Xew Zealand stamp in existence was not correct. He says there are at least two others, in addition to the pair obtained by an Auckland collector, and 12 single copies of this stamp in the Dominion. The catalogue price is £6O each. The Wellington philatelist says there are well over a hundred copies scattered among the world’s collectors. It is probable that had there been only the number stated in Auckland the price would have been nearer £I,OOO than £6O a copy. Two other philatelists concurred with the expert’s opinion.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 214, 29 November 1927, Page 12
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122FIRST NEW ZEALAND STAMP Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 214, 29 November 1927, Page 12
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