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Bidboard # 1853
Lot # 177
Catalogue Value or Estimate: $350.00
Price Realized: $160
New Zealand # 131d

Archivally fresh and VF mint NH block of four of the 1911 issue 1p carmine "Commerce", overprinted "VICTORIA LAND." in black. These stamps were intended for use by the ill-fated Scott expedition at the Cape Evans base on McMurdo Sound in Antarctica or on the supply ship Terra Nova. The overprint on the lower right hand stamp in the block has a very noticeable raised "IA". Kasimir Bileski, always the promoter, has noted that this variety is 120 times scarcer than the regular stamp. Conservatively valued as a regular hinged block of four, even though the block is NH and contains the variety. A lovely and historic showpiece for the Polar collector. Ex. Bileski. 2018 Scott US$280.00=