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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: 318

(x) South Australia
1902-04 Thin "postage"
Perf. 11½-12½
A postcard from the German stamp dealer Otto Bickel to the London stamp dealers Bright & Son, dated 13 December 1904 advertising for sale a used example of the 8d. "eignt" error for £10. News of the error had reached Europe within nine months of the issue of the stamp and this is a very early and rare postcard advertising a stamp error of the Australian Colonies

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Estimate
£100 to £200

Starting price
£80