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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: 53

(x) New South Wales
1882-97 perf 11 3d. bluish green, a block of four imperforate between horizontally; some paper adhering to lower pair otherwise fine mint. Rare. S.G. 227ba, unpriced. Photo

Note: This error was first reported in "Philately from Australia" in December 2012 although collectors were aware of it in the early 1920s with a block of eight in the Vickery Collection in the New South Wales Powerhouse Museum. The error was catalogued by Stanley Gibbons in the 2015 edition. Two blocks of four are recorded in private hands.

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Sold for
£3,800

Starting price
£2000