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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 77

(x) Australia
Queen Elizabeth II Issues
Pre-decimal Commemoratives
1956 (Oct.) Olympic Games 3½d. carmine-lake unissued booklet stamp, a right marginal strip of four with Plate No. "2", fresh and fine unmounted mint. An extremely rare positional piece. BW 332E(1)z, $50,000. Photo

Note: The unissued 3½d. booklet stamp did not exist in private hands until the Australia Post archival sales of 1987-88, when 40 examples were released. These comprise a block of 12 with plate number, four panes of 6 and foure singles. The block of 12 has since been divided.

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Estimate
£15,000 to £20,000

Starting price
£12000