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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: 284

(x) South Australia
1876-1900 Watermark Broad Star
Perf. 10
6d. bright ultramarine block of four showing mixed perforations 10 and 11½ across centre, fine mint. Unlisted in Stanley Gibbons. RPSV Certificate (2017). S.G. 141. Photo

Note: There is no reference to this error in contemporary philatelic literature until the auction of this block in the Griffiths collection in 1992. To date, three vertical pairs and two blocks of four have been recorded, all emanating from the same sheet.

provenance:
John Griffiths, June 1992

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Sold for
£1,600

Starting price
£600