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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 136

(x) Victoria
1857-63 Emblems
1859 (Jan.-May) Perf. 12 by Robinson
1d. emerald-green vertical pair imperforate horizontally, cancelled by Barred Numeral "1", design just cut-into at foot, fine. A great Emblems rarity, with two examples recorded in private hands. Perry Certificate (2006). S.G. 76a, and much under-catalogued at £450. Photo

Note: This error was first reported in the London Philatelist in May 1918. Three used pairs are known, including one on cover which is in the Royal Collection. Illustrated in colour on Plate 8 in the "Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow.

provenance:
B.D. Forster
Rod Perry
Ken Barelli, May 2014

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Sold for
£2,000

Starting price
£2000