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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: 36

(x) New South Wales
1854-72 Diadem Issues
Perforated
1863 perf 13 6d. purple, watermark "5" sideways facing left, the finest used example known and under-catalogued at £1200. Ceremuga Certificate (2003). S.G. 165ab. Photo

Note: This error was first recorded in the "Philatelic Journal of Great Britain" in April 1927. Six used examples are recorded, all being poorly centred or with defects, except this stamp.

provenance:
"Alvarado", May 2010

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Sold for
£1,200

Starting price
£800