The Sante Fe Collection
December 7-8, 2011
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| Lot #359 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands 1910 Ponape Provisional Issue, right half of 20pf ultramarine, tied on cover by "Ponape 12.7.10" (First Day) pmk, with official negative postal seal alongside, v.f. example of this rare Provisional, signed Mansfeld, with 1998 Steuer cert. Due to shortage of 10pf stamps, the postmaster resorted to bisecting the existing stock of 20pf stamps to be used by sailors during the visit of the Imperial Fleet in Ponape (Mi.II) Catalog #10a Catalog Value €9,000 | Price Realized $2,300.00
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