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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: 289

(x) South Australia
1901-02 Watermark Crown over SA
1/- dark reddish brown a rejoined vertical strip of four imperforate horizontally except at top, each used on different dates between July and September 1902; each roughly torn apart. A remarkable piece despite the faults. The only used examples of this error recorded, which shows the difficulty the general public encountered when attempting to commercially use errors produced by the government printer. BW S16bb with this strip mentioned on Page 1/124; S.G 148a. Photo

provenance:
William Frazer, September 2003

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Estimate
£750 to £1,000

Starting price
£600