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Auction: 12043 - Queensland - The Alan Griffiths Collection
Lot: 1068

QueenslandThe Chalon Issues1866-67 Lithographed4d. reddish lilac First Transfer, variety double transfer with some letters of the word "queensland" and other portions of the upper part of the design doubled, unused; thinned at top and a little soiled though the first chronicled example of this remarkable stamp which was written-up by A.L. Pemberton in the Jan.-Mar. issue of The Philatelic Journal, and is the stamp used to illustrate the variety in S.G. Part I. A great rarity. S.G. 53b. Photo

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