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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: 240

(x) South Australia
1860-69 Second Rouletted Issue
10d. in black on 9d. yellow with surcharge inverted at top, neatly cancelled with Adelaide c.d.s. (10.11.69), roulettes on all sides, a superb used example of this iconic error of South Australia. RPSV Certificate (2005). S.G. 37a, £7500. Photo

Note: This famous error was first recorded in the "Stamp Collectors Monthly" in April 1870 and listed by Stanley Gibbons in 1903. Over twenty examples are recorded, though most are faulty. This example is one of the finest known.

provenance:
William Frazer, September 2003

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Estimate
£3,500 to £4,500

Starting price
£2800