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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: 266

(x) South Australia
1871 watermark V over Crown, perf 10 4d. dull lilac printed both sides, cancelled by Adelaide datestamp; straight-edge at left and a short perf at top otherwise fine. Three used examples recorded, all with the similar centring, with another example in the Royal Collection. Arguably the most sought after printed both sides from the Perkins Bacon issues. RPSV Certificate (2005). S.G. 111a, £4500. Photo

Note: This error was first reported in the "Philatelic Journal" in June 1900 and listed in the 1903 Stanley Gibbons catalogue.

provenance:
William Frazer, September 2003

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Sold for
£2,000

Starting price
£1600