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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 134

(x) Victoria
1857-63 Emblems
1858 (Jan.-Apr.) Calvert, No Watermark, Rouletted 7-9 on all four sides
1d. yellow-green horizontal pair imperforate between on the famous "Pack" entire addressed to Ballarat, cancelled by unclear Barred Numeral and showing Ballarat oval datestamp (year unclear) on reverse; the left stamp crossed by light vertical filing crease. Unique. RPSV Certificate (2018). S.G. 62b, unpriced. Photo

Note: Although listed by Stanley Gibbons in 1917, the entry was deleted until reinstated in 2019 with the certification of this cover. This cover is well documented by Victorian enthusiasts and is one of the great covers of the Emblem series. It is mentioned in the "Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow, page 117.

provenance:
C.L. Pack
J.R.W. Purves, September 1981

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£4,200

Starting price
£2800