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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 19

(x) Tasmania
1865-71 Watermark Double-lined Numeral, Perf 12
4d. blue horizontal pair imperforate between, fiscally cancelled, fine. A great rarity with two examples recorded, both with fiscal cancels. S.G. 73a, unpriced. Photo

Note: There are no contemporary reports of this error, although this pair was known in the 1920s. The certification of this pair led to the Stanley Gibbons listing in 2019.

provenance:
Colonel Harrie Evans, May 2002

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Sold for
£2,500

Starting price
£400