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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 153

(x) Victoria
1863-80 Laureated Issues
1863-73 De La Rue Paper
4d. deep rose, perf 12, error "victoria" omitted, centrally cancelled "5", fine. Three examples recorded. R.P.S. Certificate (1963). Unlisted by Stanley Gibbons. S.G. 110. Photo

Note: These top and lower label errors are among the most dramatic errors of Victoria. They were caused by the break up of the make-ready during the printing on the powerful Scandinavian press. They are discussed in greater detail on page 162 in the "Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow

provenance:
J.R.W. Purves, September 1981
Rod Perry

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£700

Starting price
£500