Lot 325 New Zealand SG#246-247 1/2d - 1d Purple Brown - Blue & Yellow Brown , 1898 Pictorial Issue, 2 VFOG Singles, Perf 12-16, Unwatermarked

2 VFOG singles of the 1/2d - 1d purple brown - blue & yellow brown from the 1898 Pictorial Issue, perf 12-16, unwatermarked.

Gibbons values these at £14.5, so we estimate them at $14. The stamps offered here grade 75 and 78 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 45/70, 50/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5, 3/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10