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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: 60

(x) New South Wales
1888-89 Centennial Issue
2d. Prussian blue imperforate block of four with margin at right showing part inscription, the upper right stamp with thin otherwise fine mint. S.G. 254a, £750. Photo

Note: This is the largest recorded multiple and the only known block of four in private hands. There is another block in the H.L. White collection in the State Library of New South Wales.

provenance:
Hutson, February 2014

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Estimate
£750 to £1,000

Starting price
£600