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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 152

(x) Victoria
1863-80 Laureated Issues
1863-73 De La Rue Paper
4d. pink, perf 12, error watermark "8", fine used. Rare, two examples recorded. One of the great watermark errors of Victoria. RPSV Certificate (2009). S.G. 110ca, £8000. Photo

Note: This error was first reported in "Vindins Philatelic Monthly" in July 1894 (this example is now believed to be lost) and it was listed by Stanley Gibbons in 1899. Two examples recorded, this being the most recent find in 2008.

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Estimate
£4,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£3200