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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: 49

(x) New South Wales
1861-99 Five Shillings Coin
1897-99 Reissues
5/- reddish purple marginal horizontal pair [9-10], imperforate between and between stamp and right margin, fine unused with large part original gum. Extremely rare and one of the great errors of New South Wales. S.G. 297ca, £9500. Photo

Note: There are eight pairs of this error recorded, including one with the perforations cut off and one in the Royal Collection, plus two blocks of four. Three pairs show the imperforate between stamp and right margin error, of this example is the finest.

provenance:
W.H. Silk, April 1944
Geo. B. Boucher, April 1972
"Alvarado", May 2010

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Sold for
£3,200

Starting price
£3200