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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: 274

(x) South Australia
1876-1900 Watermark Broad Star
Perf. 11½-12½
" 8 pence" on 9d. grey-brown with surcharge double, fine used. Rare, three examples recorded. RPSV Certificate (2008). S.G. 121a, £2750. Photo

Note: This error was first reported in the philatelic press by the "London Philatelist" in February 1923 after being listed by Stanley Gibbons in 1917.

provenance:
Harry Napier, May 1976
H.H. Frenkle, September 1979
Peter Jaffé, March 2006

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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000

Starting price
£1200