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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: 348

(x) South Australia
Departmental and Official Stamps
G.P. (Government Printer)
In black on perf 11½-12½ 1d. dark green, printed both sides, cancelled by Adelaide c.d.s., straight-edge at right and a trace of perfs at left, fine. Three examples are recorded of which this is probably the finest. RPSV Certificate (2019). Photo

Note: Although recorded by Colonel Napier in the 1920s, the first publication of this error was in the "Stamps of South Australia" by James in 1949.

provenance:
Rev. James Mursell, October 1964

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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000

Starting price
£1200