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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 170

(x) Victoria
1863-80 Laureated Issues
1867-80 Watermark V over Crown, Perf. 13
8d. red-brown on pink with watermark sideways facing left and showing double perforations at left, fine used. Scarce, about a dozen examples are estimated to exist. A remarkable combination of errors. S.G. 137d, £400. Photo

Note: This error was first reported in the "Australian Philatelic Record" in March 1929. It was mentioned as a note in the 1958 Stanley Gibbons catalogue before being listed in 2007.

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Estimate
£250 to £300

Starting price
£200