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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: 88

(x) New South Wales
1899 (Oct.) Watermark Crown over "NSW" (II) Issue
4d. red-brown, an imperforate lower right corner block of four with "1888" monogram, a little gum toned otherwise fine mint. S.G. 303c, £1200. Photo

Note: Blocks of four are the largest multiple known with eight recorded.

provenance:
Theodore Steinway, October 1939
Colonel Harrie Evans, May 2002

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Sold for
£850

Starting price
£480