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Auction: 14032 - Australian Commonwealth from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 166

AUSTRALIA
King George V Heads
1924 Single Watermark
3d. dull ultramarine, a marginal horizontal pair from the foot of the sheet, variety imperforate on three sides, light vertical crease at left, small black mark on reverse and bend in selvedge, otherwise fresh and fine mint. Rare. S.G. 79a, £11,000; BW 104b, $12,500. Photo

Note: It has been reported that two sheets showing bottom row imperforate on three sides were sold at Prahan (Vic) during 1926, and that other similar sheets were issued at Sea Lake (Vic) and Bairnsdale (Vic). At least 36 examples of the error have survived.

provenance:
Hugh Morgan, November 2012

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Sold for
£4,000