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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: 127

(x) New South Wales
1905-10 Watermark Crown over A
2/6d. blue-green, perf 11, imperforate between stamp and margin at right, fine mint. Rare. BW N67b, $2,500. S.G. 349b. Photo

Note: This error was first recorded in the "Australian Stamp Journal" in November 1910 and was listed in the Brusden White catalogue in 2004. The current census records that there are twelve examples known, including a vertical strip of six in the H.L. White collection. Of the six examples in private hands, only two are in fine condition, including this stamp. The others are unused or affected by toning.

provenance:
Hutson, February 2013

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Sold for
£850

Starting price
£600