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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 182

(x) Victoria
1873-87 Bell 1/- pale blue on blue, perf 13, with watermark sideways, lightly cancelled, fine. The only example recorded. S.G. 180ca, £750. Photo

Note: The existence of this error in a different shade and printing from the indigo-blue was unknown to collectors until the Molnar sale of Victoria in 2012. This stamp led to its listing by Stanley Gibbons in 2016.

provenance:
Les Molnar, June 2012

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Estimate
£250 to £300

Starting price
£200