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Auction: 20030 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 1 - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 22

(x) New South Wales
1854-72 Diadem Issues
Imperforate
1856 2d. pale blue, watermark "1", mainly good to large margins (touched at lower left), indistinctly cancelled, fine. Extremely rare, one of two examples recorded, the other is in the Royal Collection. B.P.A. Certificate (1988). S.G. 112b, £8500. Photo

Note: The first report of this error was in the "London Philatelist" in May 1892 by M.P. Castle, the famous London collector. His example was bought by King George V in 1929 and is now in the Royal Collection.

provenance:
C.L. Pack, December 1944
Isleham, March 1987
Victor Frankenstein, May 2000
"Alvarado", May 2010

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Estimate
£5,000 to £6,000

Starting price
£4000