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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: 298

(x) South Australia
1876-1904 Watermark Crown over SA (Close)
Perf. 15
2d. orange-red vertical pair imperforate between, unused with part to large part original gum, the lower stamp with some perforation irregularities otherwise fine. The only recorded example and under-catalogued at £950. S.G. 174b. Photo

Note: Although catalogued by Stanley Gibbons in 1917, there are no reports of this error in contemporary literature until it was auctioned by Harmers in 1947.

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Sold for
£2,100

Starting price
£1200