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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: 40

(x) New South Wales
1856-63 Registered Sixpence
Imperforate
1856 6d. vermilion and Prussian blue on soft yellowish paper, frame printed on reverse, the second printing inverted, lightly cancelled; thin spot at top otherwise fine. One of the great rarities of New South Wales. B.P.A. Certificate (2002). S.G. 102a. Photo

Note: This error was first recorded in "The London Philatelist" in July 1895. One unused and two used examples are recorded in private hands. The other used example is badly damaged and there is another example in the Royal Collection.

provenance:
Hutson (private sale)
V.P. Manwood, November 1995

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Sold for
£4,000

Starting price
£4000