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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: 333

(x) South Australia
1905-12 2d. violet block of four, the lower pair imperforate on three sides, fine mint. Rare, two blocks of four and a faulty block of eight are the only examples recorded. One of the great rarities of the Federal period of South Australia. R.P.S. Certificate (1982). BW SS9b; S.G. 295aa, £3000. Photo

Note: This error was first reported in the "Australian Stamp Journal" in August 1923 and listed by Stanley Gibbons in 1950.

provenance:
Sir Gawaine Baillie, July 2005

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Estimate
£2,000 to £2,500

Starting price
£1600