Lot 322 New Zealand (C) SG#581c, 582-583, 583d, 585, 585d 2.5d - 6d Chocolate & Slate - Scarlet Mt Cook - harvesting, 1936-1947 Pictorial Issue, 6 Fine/Very Fine Used Singles, Multiple Wmk, Includes 2 Shades of 3d, Perfs 14x13.5, 14x14.5, 13.5x14 & 12.5.

6 fine/very fine used singles of the 2.5d - 6d chocolate & slate - scarlet Mt Cook - harvesting from the 1936-1947 Pictorial Issue, multiple wmk, includes 2 shades of 3d, perfs 14x13.5, 14x14.5, 13.5x14 & 12.5.

The perf 14x14.5 is a Harrison emergency printing after De La Rue's printing works were bombed in December 1940.

Gibbons values these at £16.45. The stamps offered here grade 70 and 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 30/60, 35/60, 40/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10