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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: 209

(x) Queensland
1895-96 perf 12½, 13 ½d. dark green, printed double, a good used example with some minor faults. Not listed by Stanley Gibbons and a great rarity with only two examples in private hands. RPSV Certificate (2005). S.G. 209. Photo

Note: There is a great contrast between this stamp and the double impression in the previous lot. This stamp was known to collectors in the 1920s with an example in the Sir William Dixon collection which was donated to the New South Wales State Library.

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,500

Starting price
£800