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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 129

(x) Victoria
1854-61 "Woodblocks"
2/- dull bluish green on pale yellow, error imperforate between stamp and margin at right, cancelled by Melbourne duplex; slight thin at left not affecting very fine appearance. The only example recorded. Ceremuga Certificate (2014). S.G. 82. Photo

Note: Although there are no published records regarding this error, it first appeared in the Purves sales in 1981and is illustrated in the "Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow, page 90.

provenance:
J.R.W. Purves
Rod Perry
Roland Geitenbeek, October 2014

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Sold for
£750

Starting price
£480