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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 166

(x) Victoria
1863-80 Laureated Issues
1867-80 Watermark V over Crown, Perf. 13
3d. dull orange with watermark sideways facing right, clearly cancelled, light corner crease at top left otherwise fine. Two other examples are recorded. RPSV Certificate (2008). S.G. 134ab, unpriced. Photo

Note: This error was first reported in the "V/Crown Watermark" monograph by J.R.W. Purves in 1958 and was listed in the 2010 Stanley Gibbons catalogue after the certification of this stamp. It is interesting to record that this error is not mentioned in "Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow.

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Estimate
£400 to £500

Starting price
£320