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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: 234

(x) South Australia
1860-69 Second Rouletted Issue
2d. pale vermilion block of six printed both sides, the second impression inverted, roulettes or traces thereof on all sides, small piece missing at lower right, cancelled in blue, fine. One of the most significant pieces from South Australia. Holcombe Certificate (1987). S.G. 24b, £3300+. Photo

Note: The largest multiple known is this block of six. The strip of three in the Fryar collection (the only other multiple recorded) is also cancelled on the 23rd February 1861 and these two pieces are almost certainly from the same sheet, however, their characteristics do not match to complete a block of nine.

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Sold for
£4,200

Starting price
£1600