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Auction: 20035 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 4040

(x) Western Australia
1854-55 Issue
4d. blue, a superb block of sixty (5x12) from Stone 2A, positions [6-10] to [226-230], clearly showing [129] tilted border, [146] coloured line over "age" (one of the substituted transfers for the inverted frame) and other varieties including [69 "bleeding swan". One of the largest oieces extant and a magnificent exhibition item. S.G. 3a/3i/3x

provenance:
John Gartner, April 1979
Lord Vestey, May 2015

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Sold for
£12,500

Starting price
£12000