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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: 247

(x) South Australia
1868-79 Watermark Large Star, Perf. 11½-12½
1d. dark green printed both sides, lightly cancelled, top left corner rounded, fine. The only example recorded and under-catalogued at £1100. R.P.S. Certificate (1965). S.G. 64a. Photo

Note: Although this error was listed by Stanley Gibbons in 1903, the first report in contemporary literature was in the "London Philatelist" in February 1915. This error is more frequently found overprinted "OS", yet this is still the only recorded unoverprinted example after one hundred years.

provenance:
Rev. James Mursell, October 1964
Harry Napier, May 1976
Peter Jaffé, March 2006

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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000

Starting price
£1200