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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: 390

(x) South Australia
Departmental and Official Stamps
"O.S." (Official Stamps)
1876-85 perf 10x11½-12½ 4d. deep mauve, a horizontal pair imperforate between, lightly cancelled, fine. Very rare, only two examples recorded. RPSV Certificate (2011). S.G. 17e, unpriced. Photo

Note: This error first came to the notice of collectors with the auction of this pair in the Ferrari sale in 1923. The certification of this pair led to its listing in the 2015 Stanley Gibbons catalogue.

provenance:
Ferrari, June 1923
Crocker, October 1938
Harry Napier, September 1979

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Sold for
£1,600

Starting price
£1600